Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1996
- Oenologist: Alessandro Cellai coadiuvato da Erasmo Mazzone
- Bottles produced: 500.000
- Hectares: 107
In this 265-hectare property, where centuries-old woods intertwine with more than 4,000 olive trees, 107 hectares of excellent vines are skilfully cultivated, each with its own unique and precious history: Sangiovese, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay. Read more
| Name | Vallepicciola Mordese Cabernet Franc 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Toscana IGT |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Cabernet Franc |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Vallepicciola |
| Origin | Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena). |
| Climate | Altitude: 350-400 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Limestone and clay with the presence of galestro and alberese. |
| Cultivation system | Spurred cordon. |
| Plants per hectare | 5,000. |
| Yield per hectare | 5,000-6,000 kg/hectare. |
| Harvest | First decade of October. Selection of grapes mainly from the Mordese vineyard and the Lapina and Poggione vineyards. |
| Wine making | Alcoholic fermentation and maceration in stainless steel tanks for 20-25 days under controlled temperature; malolactic fermentation in fully new French oak barriques. |
| Aging | In French oak barriques for about 14 6 months. 8 0 months in the bottle. |
| Total acidity | 5.5 gr/L |
| PH | 3.6 |
| Dry extract | 30.5 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

