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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: 1,5 hectares
AVERAGE HEIGHT: 250 s.l.m..
EXPOSITION AND SLOPE: South, 25-30 % PLANTING YEAR: 1999 and 1970
GRAPES TYPE: Sangiovese 90 % , Colorino and other red grapes 10 %
WINE YIELD/HECTARE: 32 Hl.
HARVEST: hand-harvest, the grape was crushed in a soft way.
VINIFICATION: the grapes were macerated in stainless steel tanks for about 18 days, with a periodic remounting for a better extraction of colour and soft tannin, during which the wine completed its alcoholic fermentation. The malolactic fermentation was completed into barriques .
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MATURATION: About 18 months in new barriques of French wood, medium toasting REFINING: In bottles of at least 6 months
PRODUCT QUANTITY: 4.000 bottles of l. 0,750 for year
PACKAGING: Heavy bottle of 0,750 l. of old green colour
TASTE: Intense ruby red colour with garnet reflexes; in the nose it is ample and well marked with a red fruit perfume, spicy and vanilla note. In the mouth, its complex structure, which is elegant with soft tannin and of a long and persisting taste.
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