Vallepicciola Grand Cru Miglore IGT 2020 x 1

Vallepicciola Grand Cru Miglore IGT 2020 x 1TASTING NOTES Intense ruby red colour. On the nose currant, black cherry and violet are enriched by pleasant hints of vanilla, tobacco and cocoa. On the palate a wine of great structure and body where the softness and elegance of the Merlot blend with the acidity and structure of the Cabernet. DENOMINATION Igt Toscana PRODUCTION AREA Pievasciata, Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI) GRAPES 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Cabernet Franc, 34% Merlot ALTITUDE 440

TASTING NOTES
 Intense ruby red colour. On the nose currant, black cherry
 and violet are enriched by pleasant hints of vanilla, tobacco
 and cocoa. On the palate a wine of great structure and body
 where the softness and elegance of the Merlot blend with
 the acidity and structure of the Cabernet.

DENOMINATION
 Igt Toscana
 PRODUCTION AREA
 Pievasciata, Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI)
 GRAPES
 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Cabernet Franc, 34% Merlot
 ALTITUDE
 440 metres above sea level
 VINEYARD
 Monteropoli, Poggione, Mordese
 SOIL TYPE
 Limestone and clay with presence of marl and limestone
 PLANTING DENSITY
 5,000 plants per hectare
 TRAINING SYSTEM
 Spurred Cordon and Guyot
 CLIMATIC TREND
 A fairly cool spring was followed by a hot and long summer but with good
 temperature swings between day and night, allowing the phenolic ripening
 process of the grapes to be optimally completed. Also worthy of note is the
 absence of water stress thanks to the rains in June and September.
 HARVEST
 Harvested by hand, selecting the best grapes of the Merlot, Cabernet
 Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon varieties from the third week of August
 until mid-September.
 VINIFICATION
 Alcoholic fermentation in concrete at a controlled temperature of
 22°C for 23 days, followed by 4 weeks of maceration. Malolactic
 fermentation in cement vats.
 AGEING
 Barriques 70% new for approximately 24 months.
 PRE-BOTTLING AGEING
 In cement for 3 months
 BOTTLE AGEING
 8 months
 LONGEVITY
 Over 25 anni