Who: Thomas Colella
Where: Pontassieve (Firenze), Toscana, Italy
What: Toscana IGT
How: Certified Organic, estate-grown
Total size: SMALL

Toscana IGT Caprandole

APPELLATION: Toscana IGT

GRAPE VARIETY: Sangiovese 80% Pinot nero 10% Fogliatonda 10% vinified together

WINE STYLE: Rosso

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless Steel 70 – 50 . 35 hl

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 12 days, destemmed but with whole berry

MALOLACTIC: done

AGED IN: Stainless Steel

AGED FOR: 11 Months in Stainless Steel and 3 Months in Bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: only cartridge filtered before bottling (10 micron)

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: Approx. 55 mg/L during harvest, during racking, before bottling

BOTTLING DATE: N/A

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12.5%

VINEYARD: Vigna Bocciolè planted in 1971
Tirle, planted in 1998
Vigna Camponovo planted in 1999
Exposure=South-east

VITICULTURE APPROACH: . Certified Organic (ICEA)

ALTITUDE: 330 m

SOIL: Clayey with a lot of galestro

YEAR PLANTED: 1971, 1998 and 1999

DENSITY: 4000 to 5500 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: First week of September

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 90HL