• Rocca di Frassinello Ornello 2019
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Rocca di Frassinello Tuscany

Rocca di Frassinello

Rocca di Frassinello Ornello 2019

Red still

  • Rocca di Frassinello Ornello 2019
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Rocca di Frassinello Tuscany
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Other years:

2020 , 2022
Last 2 bottles remaining
Denomination Maremma Toscana DOC
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 40% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 20% Syrah
Aging 10 months in barrique, followed by 6 months of bottle ageing.
Other years 2020 , 2022
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Awards

  • 2019

    90

    /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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Details

Profumo

Perfume

The nose gives balsamic and roasted coffee notes.

Colore

Color

Deep ruby red.

Gusto

Taste

On the palate, notes of undergrowth and very soft, velvety tannin.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Pairings

Ideal to pair with the whole meal, particularly with cured meats and cheeses.

Pasta
Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Producer
Rocca di Frassinello
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1999
  • Oenologist: Alessandro Cellai
  • Bottles produced: 400.000
  • Hectares: 80
The Rocca di Frassinello project was inspired by a very simple idea – or should we say a very simple need: to replicate the model of excellence set in motion by the Castellare di Castellina winery in a new region. We set our sights on the central Maremma area, between Bolgheri and Scansano, where a sort of geological foot can be found, with the same characteristics as the Chianti and Montalcino terrains (of which this foot is in fact a kind of extension towards the sea).

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
Production area: Tuscany
Tuscany
Rocca di Frassinello

Name Rocca di Frassinello Ornello 2019
Type Red still
Denomination Maremma Toscana DOC
Vintage 2019
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Grape varieties 40% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 20% Syrah
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Rocca di Frassinello
Origin Gavorrano (Grosseto)
Soil composition Clayey, rich in skeleton.
Cultivation system Spurred cordon.
Plants per hectare 5,900.
Yield per hectare 5,500 kg/hectare.
Harvest The first half of September.
Fermentation temperature 26 °C
Fermentation 20 days.
Wine making In stainless steel. Fermentation is carried out in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature.
Aging 10 months in barrique, followed by 6 months of bottle ageing.
Year production 20000 bottles
Allergens Contains sulphites