Volume: 0.75L

Alcohol content: 14% vol

Tasting notes:
Colour: ruby red with glints of purplish red
Aroma: complex, intense with notes of mixed berries, especially black- and redskin berry fruits
Taste: full-bodied, sapid and well-balanced, charming and attractive

Suggested food pairings:
Ideal with cheese at every stage of ageing, elaborate first courses, meat, wild gameand salami

Temperature of service:
18 - 20°C

Location of the vineyards:
Montepulciano (Siena) 500 meters above the sea level in a silty loam soil

Farming system:
Cordon spur

Planting density:
4.700 plants per hectare

Vinification process:
After a grape selection in the cellar, the bunches as crushed and the must is left to ferment at a controlled temperature of 27°C. The maceration on grape skins continues for 10 days and the malolactic conversion takes place when the wine has already been put into the barrel

Aging:
At least 18 months in 25-50 hL oak barrels + 6 months in the bottles