Description
"This wine has already aged for over a decade when it is launched on the market, yet it has an incredible capacity to refine further in the bottle without altering its unique characteristics." Ashleigh Saymour, oenologist.

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Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
15 - 25 years

- Start up year: 1974
- Oenologist: Ashleigh Seymour, Matteo Giustiani
- Bottles produced: 750.000
- Hectares: 169
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


Name | Avignonesi Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice 0.375L 2010 |
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Type | Red dessert wine dessert wine |
Denomination | Vin Santo di Montepulciano DOC |
Vintage | 2010 |
Size | 0,375 l |
Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Sangiovese |
Country | Italy |
Region | Tuscany |
Vendor | Avignonesi |
Origin | Valiano di Montepulciano (Siena). |
Cultivation system | Guyot. |
Plants per hectare | 2,564 vines per hectare. |
Harvest | The grapes have been hand-picked from the best vineyard parcels and places in small, vine leaf-coated bins. |
Wine making | The grapes were laid out on bamboo mats in the drying loft, where they remained to dry for 6 months. Afterwards, they were gently pressed, and the must was transferred to the kegs for slow and natural fermentation, with the addition of the indigenous yeast. |
Aging | 10 years in barrels. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |