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ENOLOGIST  Vincenzo Mercurio

chianti classico

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  • VINTAGES AVAILABLE
    2020 2021 2022
  • VARIETY
    Sangiovese 100%
  • Alcool
    14% vol.
  • TOTAL ACIDITY
    5,54 g/L
  • Ph
    3,37
  • VINEYARD
    Espalier vines with Guyot pruning
  • AVERAGE ALTITUDE
    250-300 m a.s.l.
  • VINES AVERAGE AGE
    19 years old (implantation 2004)
  • EXPOSURE
    South, southeast
  • DENSITY
    4.800 plants/ha
  • GRAPE YIELD
    45 q/Ha
  • SOIL
    Loamy sand
  • GEOLOGY
    Pliocene marine deposits. PLIs: Yellow sands and sandstones. Sandy lithofacies (levels of microconglomerate, carbonate sands rich in macrofossils and fine sands rich in foraminifera); PLIb Polygenic marine conglomerates (PLIb). Zanclean-Piacenzian.
  • VINIFICATION
    Machine harvested between the end of September and the first ten days of October. Fermentation in cement tanks at a controlled temperature of 24°C-27°C, with maceration on the skins for about 21 days.
  • REFINEMENT
    Approximately 12 months in cement tanks, 10 months in stainless steel tanks and 9 months in bottle.

mille sparse

CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG

  • VINTAGES AVAILABLE
    2020 2022
  • VARIETY
    Sangiovese 100%
  • Alcool
    14% vol.
  • TOTAL ACIDITY
    5,55 g/L
  • Ph
    3,38
  • VINEYARD
    Vine training with cordon-pruning support
  • AVERAGE ALTITUDE
    250-300 m a.s.l.
  • VINES AVERAGE AGE
    49 years (implanted 1974)
  • EXPOSURE
    South, southeast
  • DENSITY
    plants/ha
  • GRAPE YIELD
    15 q/Ha
  • SOIL
    Loamy sand
  • GEOLOGY
    Pliocene marine deposits. PLIs: Yellow sands and sandstones. Sandy lithofacies (levels of microconglomerate, carbonate sands rich in macrofossils and fine sands rich in foraminifera); PLIb Polygenic marine conglomerates (PLIb). Zanclean-Piacenzian.
  • VINIFICATION
    Hand-picked in the second ten days of October. Pressed with the feet in a truncated cone-shaped French oak vat. Fermentation in wood with indigenous yeasts, with the ‘pied de cuve’ technique, at free temperature, with maceration on the skins for about 1 month.
  • REFINEMENT
    Approximately 22 months in stainless steel tanks and 20 months in the bottle. RELEASE DATE: MARCH 2024

monacianello

IGT TOSCANA

  • VINTAGES AVAILABLE
    2020 2021 2022
  • VARIETY
    Sangiovese 100%
  • Alcool
    13,5% vol.
  • TOTAL ACIDITY
    5,45 g/L
  • Ph
    3,40
  • VINEYARD
    Espalier vines with Guyot pruning
  • AVERAGE ALTITUDE
    250-300 m a.s.l.
  • VINES AVERAGE AGE
    19 years old (implantation 2004)
  • EXPOSURE
    South, southeast
  • DENSITY
    4.800 plants/ha
  • GRAPE YIELD
    45 q/Ha
  • SOIL
    Loamy sand
  • GEOLOGY
    Pliocene marine deposits. PLIs: Yellow sands and sandstones. Sandy lithofacies (levels of microconglomerate, carbonate sands rich in macrofossils and fine sands rich in foraminifera); PLIb Polygenic marine conglomerates (PLIb). Zanclean-Piacenzian.
  • VINIFICATION
    Machine harvested between the end of September and the first ten days of October. Fermentation in cement at a controlled temperature of 24°C-27°C, with maceration on the skins for about 21 days.
  • REFINEMENT
    Approximately 12 months in cement tanks, approximately 10 months in stainless steel tanks and 12 months in the bottle.

ventallotto

ROSATO FRIZZANTE

  • VINTAGES AVAILABLE
    2022
  • VARIETY
    Sangiovese 100%
  • Alcool
    12% vol.
  • VINES AVERAGE AGE
    19 years old (implantation 2004)
  • GRAPE YIELD
    50 q/Ha
  • VINIFICATION

    Machine harvested in the first ten days of october. Fermentation in stainless steel without maceration on the skins, sparkling with the Charmat method, bottled in may 2023.

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info@fontebelvedere.it

Podere Monacianello
Località Monaciano
53019 Ponte a Bozzone (SIENA)

+39 3405035944
info@fontebelvedere.it