Rocca di Frassinello
Rocca di Frassinello Maremma Toscana Rosso 2019
Other years:
2021| Denomination | Maremma Toscana DOC |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Tuscany (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 60% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot |
| Aging | In French oak barriques of 225 litres, of which 80% are new. 11 months of bottle ageing. |
| Other years | 2021 |
Description
The first label, 'le grand vin', according to the Bordeaux classification, is the ultimate expression of the Italian-French project. A wine that combines strength, intensity and elegance with soft tannins that make it round in the mouth. It has been a top performer since the first vintage, that of 2004. A wine for great competition, according to Christian Le Sommer, the oenologist of Les Domaines Baron de Rothschild-Lafite, who made it together with Alessandro Cellai.
Awards
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2019
4Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
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2019
2This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.
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2019
91/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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2019
96/100
One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
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2019
3One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
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2019
4Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide
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2019
94/100
Wine spectator is the most influential wine guide on the internet.
Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1999
- Oenologist: Alessandro Cellai
- Bottles produced: 400.000
- Hectares: 80
Land, therefore, similar to Tuscany’s most famous wine regions, but with one important difference: an average temperature 4 to 5 and even 6 °C higher, with grapes therefore characterised by the ability to ripen even three to four weeks earlier..
This area, so incredibly well suited for cultivating grapes is part of the Gavorrano and Roccastrada municipalities. It is indeed here where the first – and so far only one of its kind – French-Italian joint venture project for the production of wine took shape.
The agreement between Castellare and Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), leading French wine brand in the world, aimed from the very beginning to bring together the experience of Castellare in the cultivation and vinification of Tuscany’s main vine variety, the famous Sangioveto, with Lafite’s long standing know-how of classical French vines like Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Shiraz. It took two years to bring together the five small farms that make up the 500 hectares of the Rocca di Frassinello, a continuing project which today already sees close to 90 hectares of planted vineyards. This already extremely ambitious venture has been further enriched by marking and pairing the birth of the Rocca di Frassinello winery with one of the most prestigious names in the world of design and architecture: that of Renzo Piano. (nella foto a sinistra). Read more
| Name | Rocca di Frassinello Maremma Toscana Rosso 2019 |
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| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Maremma Toscana DOC |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 60% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Rocca di Frassinello |
| Origin | Gavorrano (Grosseto). |
| Climate | Altitude: 90 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Medium-textured rich in skeleton. |
| Cultivation system | Spurred cordon. |
| Plants per hectare | 5,900. |
| Yield per hectare | 5,500 kg/hectare. |
| Harvest | First days of September. |
| Fermentation temperature | 27 °C |
| Fermentation | 15 days. |
| Wine making | Fermentation in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature. Vinification in steel. Malolactic fermentation is carried out. |
| Aging | In French oak barriques of 225 litres, of which 80% are new. 11 months of bottle ageing. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |