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Tenuta Monteti Caburnio

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Grape varieties: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Alicante Bouschet, 20% Merlot.
Wine growing region: Tuscany Maremma production area. Exposure south – south-westerly; altitude 140 mt; complex, stony structure on a substratum of clay; vine density: 6,600 plants per hectare.
Vinification: temperature-controlled spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The vinification of the grapes from the various plots of our vineyards takes place separately in open tapered steel vats. Each plot is kept separate throughout the entire ageing process, up to the moment of the blend composition.
Harvest time: end of september
MACERATION: up to 21 days depending on variety. Long contact with lees to drastically reduce the use of sulphites.
MATURING: 12 months 50% in steel and the remaining 50% in French oak barriques and tonneaux, 30% of which new and 70% of second or third passage. Further 12 months of bottle ageing. No fining or filtering.
Tasting note: Intense and bright ruby red, it has notes of strawberry jam, myrtle, wet grass, pepper, plum. Silky and lively in the mouth, it persists with juicy tannins and remarkable freshness.
Winter was mild and wet. Spring brought very little showers and budding started between the 15th and 20th of March. Summer was hot and quite dry even if interrupted by some sporadic storm. Veraison happened regularly in mid-July. Harvest was sunny for most of the time with some little showers towards the end that didn’t cause any inconvenience. e harvest of the varieties dedicated to Caburnio began the 27th of August with the Merlot to be concluded the 27th of September with the Cabernet Sauvignon.
Intense and bright ruby red, it has notes of strawberry jam, myrtle, wet grass, pepper, plum. Silky and lively in the mouth, it persists with juicy tannins and remarkable freshness.