Who: SassodiSole
Where: Montalcino (Siena), Tuscany, Italy
What: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Rosso di Montalcino DOC, Orcia Sangiovese DOC, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG
How: Organic certified (Valoritalia)
Total size: MEDIUM

Orcia Sangiovese DOC

APPELLATION: Orcia Sangiovese DOC

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Sangiovese

WINE STYLE: Rosso

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless Steel (temperature controlled) HL 100

YEASTS: Indigenous,

MACERATION: 22 days, destemmed, whole bunch without stem, pump overs (machine and hand made) and delestage

MALOLACTIC: Completed at 20 degrees C

AGED IN: Slavonian oak casks HL 35 - 50

AGED FOR: 8 months in wood, 12 months in stainless steel, 4 months in bottle 

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No Clarifying and no filtering

VEGAN: N/A

TOTAL During harvest, 5 mg/Lt. End of Fermentation 5mg/Lt. At bottling 15mg/Lt.

BOTTLING DATE: September 7th, 2020

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5%

VINEYARD: Pentagono (North East of Montalcino)

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Organic

ALTITUDE: 320 m

SOIL: “Medio impasto” with presence of skeleton dating back the Pliocene era.

YEAR PLANTED: 2009 (south-east)

DENSITY: 4000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: Third week of September

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 22000 bottles