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Avignonesi Tuscany IGT Toscana

Avignonesi

Avignonesi In Grandi Annate 2018

Red organic still

Organic and sustainable
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Avignonesi Tuscany IGT Toscana
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Denomination Toscana IGT
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Aging 18 months of which 85% in large oak casks (botti) and 15% in oak barrels (500 ltr). 50% of the barrels were new and 50% were of 2nd passage.
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Description

In Grandi Annate is only produced during the best vintages. The philosophy behind this wine is to highlight the best traits of Sangiovese from Tuscany. This wine is a keeper. Lay it down, wait and enjoy it later due to its fantastic ageing potential.

Awards

  • 2018

    93

    /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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Perfume

Perfume

Notes of wild strawberry and liquorice.

Color

Color

Medium ruby red.

Taste

Taste

On the palate it is rich and luxurious, with a creamy vanilla aftertaste. A real ambassador for its habitat, it brings balance and elegance to a slightly acidic start.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

15 - 25 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Avignonesi
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1974
  • Oenologist: Ashleigh Seymour, Matteo Giustiani
  • Bottles produced: 750.000
  • Hectares: 169
When in 1377 Gregory XI moved the papal seat from Avignon to Rome, some French families followed him to Italy, one of them, probably for simplicity, began to be called "Avignonesi".

Avignonesi consists of four wine-producing estates: Le Capezzine, I Poggetti, La Selva and La Lombarda. In total they comprise 225 hectares of open ground, 109 ha of vineyards and 3 ha of olive groves. Read more
Production area: Tuscany
Tuscany
Avignonesi

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Game
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Name Avignonesi In Grandi Annate 2018
Type Red organic still
Denomination Toscana IGT
Vintage 2018
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Avignonesi
Origin Valiano di Montepulciano (SI)
Climate 30% Le Badelle: 340 metres / 1115 ft a.s.l.; North-East orientation; 30% Oceano: 280 metres / 919 ft a.s.l.; East-West orientation; 30% La Banditella: 310 metres / 1,017 ft a.s.l.; Northern orientation; 10% El Grasso: 310 metres / 1,017 ft a.s.l.; South-West orientation.
Soil composition A marine sedimentation from the Pliocene (3-5 million years ago), that is permeated by a vein of deep, blue sodic clay. The soil is partly sandy and partly silty and calcareous, poor in organic matter and predominantly without skeleton except La Banditella, which has pebbles.
Cultivation system Le Badelle: cordon-trained; Oceano: bush-trained; La Banditella: cordon-trained; El Grasso: cordon-trained.
Plants per hectare Le Badelle: 5,880; Oceano: 5218; La Banditella: 4,464; El Grasso: 4,464.
Harvest The grapes were picked from the 28th to the 29th of September.
Wine making The must from each vineyard was vinified separately and fermented with the use of indigenous yeasts. Alcoholic fermentation and maceration on the skins lasted up to 40 days, depending on each vineyard lot.
Aging 18 months of which 85% in large oak casks (botti) and 15% in oak barrels (500 ltr). 50% of the barrels were new and 50% were of 2nd passage.
Allergens Contains sulphites