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Chianti Rufina Riserva Red Wine Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
- Name of the wine: Frascole Riserva;
- First year of production: 1997;
- Description of the vineyards: The soil composition is a clay loam originated by the geological formation called "Marl of Vicchio"(marl and clay marl);
- Alitude: 400-500 metres;
- Exposure: south, south-west;
- Pruning tecnique: unilateral cordon;
- Planting years: 1996, 1999, and 2001;
- Plants density: in the new wineyards 7.000 plants per hectare;
- Rootsocks: 420 A;
- Clones: Sangiovese F9, CH 22; Tin 10, Tin 50 – Merlot cl. 181;
- Grape varieties: 95% Sangiovese, 5% Merlot;
- Vinification tecnique: The vine-harvest (completely done by hand) starts around the 8th -10th of October for Sangiovese. We put the grapes in small boxes that weigh about 15 kg each.We bring the boxes to a terrace situated on the cellar where there is the destemmer, a particular machine, that at first divides the grapes from the grape-stalk and immediately after it presses them. The must enters directly by gravity in the cellar’s woody containers (capacity 20 hectoliters) through some openings of the terrace. During the alcoholic fermentation we manually press the skins. The liquid and the skins are in contact about 18 days then they are divided and the wine is transfered into the barriques where the malolactic fermentation takes place. The wine lies in the barriques about a year;
- Date of bottling: February;
- Mains analytical datas: Alcohol 13,00% - 14,50% — Total aciditye: 5,10 - 5,40 gr/ litre — Total dry extract: 29,00 - 31,50 gr/litre.
Our agricultural firm has followed since 1998 a completely organic production, for both grapes and olives.
We currently produce about 35-40.000 bottles annually, about 70% of these are exported to the United States, Japan, Sweden, Mexico, Canada and other European countries.
