Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
2 hours
Pairings
- Start up year: 2007
- Oenologist: Emanuele Nardi, Riccardo Cotarella
The historical building is located where the ancient railway station of the lignite mine used to be the terminus of the Casino di Terra - Monterufoli line. The same area was once owned by the Maffei, a wealthy Volterra family and later by the Gherardesca, the latter descendants of the most famous Count narrated in Dante's Divine Comedy. Read more
| Name | Tenuta di Monterufoli Poggio Miniera Val di Cornia 2015 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Val di Cornia Rosso DOCG |
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Sangiovese |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Tenuta di Monterufoli (Tenute del Cerro) |
| Origin | Tenuta di Monterufoli - Monteverdi Marittimo (PI) |
| Harvest | Grapes are harvested in boxes by selecting the best parcels for exposure and soil type. |
| Fermentation temperature | 24-28 °C |
| Fermentation | 15 days |
| Wine making | Fermentation and maceration in stainless steel tanks for 15 days at controlled temperature (24-28 °C) with daily pumping and délestage; at the end of alcoholic fermentation, maceration period is continued bringing the temperature to 29 °C. |
| Aging | After the racking, wine is immediately transferred with its fine lees into French oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation will carry out and will undergoes weekly batonnage for the next 6 months. It will still in wood for 12 months again. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

