Riserva 1988
Production area:
Montalcino - Siena - Sant'Angelo in Colle. Hilly lands enjoying southern exposition.
Vineyard:
Poggio al Vento. Average height: 350 mt above sea level. Planted in 1974.
Weather conditions:
A very good vintage with ordinary weather conditions: adequate rain in spring, regular hot and dry temperatures in summer. As a result the wines are very concentrated, structured and have a long ageing capacity.
Grapes:
Particular clones of Sangiovese, locally called “Brunello”. Vintage 1988 yield: 65 q/ha. Manual harvest with rigorous selection of the best bunches, in the vineyard at first and subsequently on the selection belt in the cellar.
Vinification:
Fermentation at controlled temperature below 30°C. 25 days of maceration in wide and short stainless steel tanks (greater contact between skins and must with a better polyphenolic extraction), daily punching down in the morning and pumping over in the evening.
Ageing:
4 years in Slavonian and French oak casks, followed by 15 months of refinement in bottle, all of this in a conditioned environment.
Main Features
Colour:
Deep and dense ruby red with light garnet hues.
Bouquet:
Intense, powerful and elegant, with underbrush hints harmoniously wrapped by threads of oak vanilla.
Flavour:
Characterised by a high content of “noble” tannins that mixed together well during the refinement period, so as to give a long persistence in the mouth and great taste sensations.
Alcohol content:
14,0 % vol.
Total acidity:
5.5 g/l
Serving temperature:
18° C
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