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WINE NAME: LA QUERCE
TYPE: Toscana i.g.t.
WINE-GROWERS: La Querce di Massimo Marchi e C. s.a.s.
PRODUCTION ZONE: Florence hills of Impruneta
WINEYARD AREA: 2,5 hectares
AVERAGE HEIGHT: 250 s.l.m.
EXPOSITION AND SLOPE: South, 25-30 % (3,5 ha)
PLANTING YEAR: 1999
GRAPES: Sangiovese 90 % , Colorino 10 %
WINE YIELD/HECTARE: 32 Hl.
HARVEST: manual with crates, grapes are softly pressed
VINIFICATION: the grapes were macerated in stainless steel tanks for
about 18 days, with a periodic pumping over for a better color and softer
tannins extraction, during which the wine completed its alcoholic fermentation.
The malolactic fermentation was completed into barriques
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MATURATION: in new wooden French barriques for 18 months.
REFINING: in bottle for at least 6 months
PRODUCT QUANTITY: 4.000 bottles of l. 0,750
PACKAGING: ancient dark green 0,750 liters heavy bottle
TASTE: Intense ruby red colour with garnet reflexes; bouquet is wide
and strong with a red fruits, spicy and vanilla note. In the mouth, its
complex structure, with soft tannin and of a long and persisting taste.
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