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Chianti Rufina Red Wine Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
- Name of the wine: Frascole;
- First year of production: 1992;
- Description of the vineyards: The soil composition is a clay loam originated by the geological formation called "Marl of Vicchio" (marl and clay marl);
- Exposure: south, south-west;
- Pruning tecnique:unilateral cordon;
- Planting years: 1970,1996 and 1998;
- Plants density: old vineyards 2800 plants per hectare ; new vineyards 5000 plants per hectare;
- Rootsocks: 420 A in the new vineyards;
- Clones: In the new ones there is Sangiovese F9, CH 22;
- Grape varieties: 90% Sangiovese ( from the new vineyards), 5% Canaiolo, 5% Colorino (both from the old vineyards);
- Vinification tecnique: The vine-harvest (completely done by hand) usually starts the first days of October. We put the grapes in small boxes that weigh about 15 kg each. We bring the boxes to a terrace situated over 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 inox containers (capacity 50 hectoliters) through some openings situated on the terrace. In the inox containers takes place the alcoholic fermentation at controlled temperatures (not more than 28° -3 0°). The liquid and the skins are in contact for 12-18 days then they are divided;
- Refining technique: the wine is transfered half into the concrete containers and half into the barriques where the malolactic fermentation takes place;
- The barriques are made by french oak and their capacity is 225 litres and 5 hectolitres. The wine refines in the barriques about 10 months;
- Date of bottling: February-march;
- Mean analytical datas: Alcohol: 13,00% - 14,00% — Total acidity: 5,20 - 5,70 gr/ litre — Total dry extract: 27,50 - 31,00 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.
