Description
Cabernet Franc by careful selection in the vineyards, with great fruit, aristocratic tannins and complexity. The result is superb: mulberry, rosemary, brush and Mediterranean scrub. Sumptuous balance and impressive length.
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Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
15 - 25 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
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- Start up year: 2000
- Oenologist: Luca D'Attoma
- Bottles produced: 60.000
- Hectares: 12
Our hillside estate is kissed by sea breezes and surrounded by wild forests, overlooking the shimmering Tyrrhenian Sea. Here, on these sun-drenched slopes, we grow our vines following the principles of biodynamic agriculture — respecting the rhythms of nature to express the true soul of the land in every bottle. Read more
| Name | Duemani Cabernet Franc 2017 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red biodynamic still |
| Denomination | Costa Toscana IGT |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Cabernet Franc |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Duemani |
| Origin | Loc. Ortacavoli - Riparbella (PI) |
| Climate | Altitude: 220-250 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Clayey, salty and with an important presence of limestone skeleton. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Plants per hectare | 8,400. |
| Yield per hectare | 800 gr/plant |
| Harvest | Finished in the last week of September. The grapes are selected in the vineyard and harvested by hand in small 15 kg crates. They are delicately de-stemmed to obtain whole berries and further selected by hand on the sorting table. |
| Wine making | Fermentation is spontaneous in oak truncated cone vats at controlled temperature, followed by maceration on the skins for about 30 days with a brief pumping over. |
| Aging | 20 months in French oak barriques of 225-228 lt., 90% new wood and 10% first passage. It does not undergo clarification or filtration. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

