Description

Designation: Controlled Designation of Origin

Production Municipality: Castagneto Carducci (Livorno)

Grapes: Merlot 100%

Alcoholic content: 14,5%vol

Yield per linter/hectare: 6000 litres/ha.

Growing method: Spurred cordon

Harvest period: Second ten days of September.

Date of placing on the market: December of two years following the harvest year.

Alcoholic fermentation and mashing: The destemmed grapes are not crushed so that the maximum integrity of the skins is respected. During alcoholic fermentation, frequent punching-down is carried out to favour the extraction of aromas, colour, and tannins from the marc. At the end of maceration, which varies from 8 to 12 days, racking is carried out.

Malolactic fermentation and ageing: After racking, the wine is decanted and undergoes malolactic fermentation. The latter lasts about 10 days and takes place at a temperature of 20°C. Rosso DOC Bolgheri is aged in 500-litre oak barrels; before being launched on the market, it stays into the bottle for 6 months.