Teruzzi & Puthod
Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva Sant'Elena 2022
| Denomination | DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Tuscany (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Vernaccia di San Gimignano |
| Aging | 15 - 18 months on fine lees in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. |
Description
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG Riserva, 13% ABV, produced by Teruzzi & Puthod, a Tuscan winery founded in 1974. Blend: 100% Vernaccia di San Gimignano. 0.75 L bottle, 2022 vintage. A wine that expresses the excellence of Vernaccia, with long aging on the fine lees that enhances its complexity. The soils are of marine origin, dating back to the Pliocene era, from which fossil shells easily resurface. Harvest: late September. Alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature of 16°C in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 15-18 months on the fine lees in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature. The nose is intense, complex, and broad. Hints of white flowers and citrus blend perfectly with the grape variety's typical mineral notes. The flavor is complex, enveloping, with good intensity, and a hint of almond finish.
Tasting notes
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Taste
Serve at:
10 - 12 °C
Longevity:
03 - 05 years
- Start up year: 1974
- Oenologist: Irene Leonzio e Giuseppe Caviola
- Bottles produced: 600.000
- Hectares: 96
| Name | Teruzzi Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva Sant'Elena 2022 |
|---|---|
| Type | White green still |
| Denomination | Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Vernaccia di San Gimignano |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Teruzzi & Puthod |
| Story | Bird's beak, rabbit's ears, man's arms and hands, goat's hooves and squirrel's tail: the Magic Beast for St. Helena is the fantastic summa of other animals. A chimera, an ensemble of elements and living beings, a symbol or just a bizarre creature resulting from the inventiveness and irony of an era erroneously defined as dark, the Middle Ages. A figure that creates awe and wonder in the reader of the 13th and 16th centuries as well as in the wine enthusiast of the 21st. |
| Origin | Vineyard Sant'Elena, in Racciano |
| Climate | Average altitude of 300 m. a.s.l. with south-west exposure. |
| Soil composition | The soils are of marine origin, dating back to the Pliocene epoch from which fossil shells easily re-emerge. The soil peculiarities allow the roots to reach very deep levels and absorb microelements that give great minerality to the wine. |
| Cultivation system | Spurred Cordon |
| Plants per hectare | 4800 |
| Yield per hectare | 90 q. |
| Harvest | End of September |
| Fermentation temperature | 16 °C |
| Wine making | Whole grapes in the press and soft pressing, static cold decantation of the must, alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature of 16 °C in stainless steel tanks. Malolactic fermentation: not carried out. |
| Aging | 15 - 18 months on fine lees in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |