SCUTUM

DATA SHEET

Type: IGT Rosso Toscana

Grapes: 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 30% Petit Verdot

Vineyard management:: Organic farming

Soils: medium mixture partly clayey and partly sandy, west facing

Training system: spurred cordon

Vineyard age: 28 years

Color: Ruby Red

Vinification: in red

Fermentation: in acciaio a T° controllata a circa 26/28 °C per circa

2 settimane

Alcohol: 14 % Vol

Service temperature: 16-18 ° C

Btl quantity produced: 8000

Scutum

PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE

Manual harvesting in crates in the first week of October.

Destemming and soft pressing, alcoholic fermentation in steel vats for about 2 weeks at a controlled temperature (26-28 ° C). Malolactic fermentation in steel.

20% of the mass spends a short but significant period in second passage French oak barriques while the rest of the mass remains in steel.

The period spent in the vats is accompanied by frequent suspension of the noble lees. Refinement in the bottle takes about 6 months.

ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS

Dense ruby red color.

The nose is intense and territorial, with aromas of black fruit, blackberries and plums, notes of bark and a subtle ferrous minerality.

Fresh palate, with excellent structure, fruity and spicy, velvety and well integrated tannin.

Elegant wine of excellent evolution

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