| Origin |
Gaiole in Chianti (Siena). |
| Climate |
Altitude: 490 m. a.s.l. Exposure: North – South. |
| Soil composition |
Limestone with a prevalence of clays. |
| Vinification |
Fermentation was started using ambient yeasts in steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 30–33 °C, with manual pumpovers and total cuvaison (stay) of 25 days. After first racking, the wine was transferred to barriques for malolactic fermentation. |
| Ageing |
After malolactic fermentation, the wine spent 18 months in fine-grain oak barriques, of which 50% were new and the rest were second passage. The wine was bottled on 21 September 2013, producing 6,840 standard Bordeaux bottles, 210 magnums, 40 Jeroboams, and 20 Salmanazars. |
| On offer |
Price Castello di Ama Merlot l'Apparita 2007 £ 262.20
inc VAT
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