Made by our best Sangiovese vineyard from the toponym “Il Mulinaccio”. The low yield per hectare and the agronomic practices performed allow to get widely-spaced bunches , obtaining an optimal technological and phenological maturity for a grape of a superior quality.
Appellation: Toscana I.G.T.
Variety: Sangiovese 100%
Serving temperature: 18°/20° C
Vol.: 13,5%
TASTING NOTES
Color: deep ruby red
Bouquet: good olfactory intensity, with ripe red fruit, raspberry. Tertiary aromas, tobacco and sliglty balsamic closing
Taste: soft and fresh tannins. Balanced. warm and savory note in closing
VINEYARD
Property: Tenuta San Jacopo
Area: 1,5 hectares
Altitude: 280 mt. a.s.l.
Exposure: east/west
Soil: silt and clay
Density: 5.650 plants/hectare
Training system: spurred cordon
Vineyard average age: 12 years
VINIFICATION AND AGEING
Yield: 5,5/6 tons per hectare
Harvest time: beginning of october
Picking: grapes are hand picked and carried in 20 kg-cases
Pressing: soft pressing with immediate pumping of the juice to the vats at controlled temprature
Fermentation temperature: 28°/30° C
Malolactic fermentation: in steel
Ageing: in 2° and 3° passage french tonneaux for 4/6 months
Bottle ageing: 3 months
N° of bottles: 2.500
