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Organoleptic Characteristics |
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Color |
Dark-ruby red, very concentrated, with hints of purple, which show the great vitality of this vintage. |
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Bouquet |
Evolved and austere, with beautiful aromas of wild ripe red berries, leather and spices. |
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Taste |
Powerful, big, round, yet extremely elegant. Great balance, and velvety sweet tannins. Silky and very persistent in the finish. Wonderful aging potential. |
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Technical Characteristics |
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Grape Variety |
Sangiovese 100% |
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Alcohol by volume |
13.55% |
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Net Dry Extract |
32.90 g/liter |
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Total Acidity (in Tartaric Acid) |
5.72 g/liter |
| Volatile Acidity (in Acetic Acid) | 0.61 g/liter |
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Soil Characteristics |
With Eocene origins, rich in clay, which ensures a perfect drainage. |
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Vinification |
In 80-hectoliter stain-less steel tanks, truncated-cone shaped, at controlled temperature, which never exceeds 32°C. First fermentation lasted 16 days. Thanks to the particular technical characteristics of these tanks, which also have a completely removable lid, the punch-down system is used, instead of the pump-over procedure, in order to achieve a better and gentler extraction, avoiding the use of pumps. |
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Aging |
48 months in total, 36 of which in traditional Slavonian oak barrels (capacity 37-55.00 hl.) |
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Bottle-aging |
Minimum 12 months of bottle aging before its release (end of January 2005). The wine was bottled in January 2004. |
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Winemaker |
Carlo Ferrini |
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