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Chianti Rufina Vinsanto Denominazione di Origine Controllata
- Name of the wine: Vinsanto of Frascole;
- First year of production: 1993;
- Description of the vineyards: The soil composition is a clay loam originated by the geological formation "Marl of Vicchio" (marl and clay marl);
- Altitude: 500 metres;
- Exposure: south, south-west;
- Pruning tecnique: unilateral cordon;
- Age of the vineyards: from 28 to 38 years;
- Plants density: 2800 plants per hectare;
- Grape varieties: Trebbiano and white Malvasia, we don’t know the clones in the old vineyards;
- Vinification technique: The vine-harvest (completely done by hand) usually starts around on September the 15th. We put the grapes in small boxes that weigh around 15 kg each. We carry the grapes to a special drying room and we hang them on vertical nets in order to dry them. The room has got big windows and it is situated in a dry and windy place. The grapes are dried until the first days of March. During the first week of March we press the grapes whit a traditional wine-press, then we put the must into small barrels (Caratelli) made by chestnut wood. Each barrel contains 40-80 litres of wine;
- Vinsanto refines in the barrels more than 9 years;
- Mains analytical datas: Alcohol: 13,50% - 14,50% — Residual sugar: 230 - 280 g/litre — Total acidity: 6,50 - 7,80 gr/ litre — Total dry extract: 220,00 - 270,00 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.
