SPARETO, BIANCO TOSCANO IGT 2012

organic wine

Vineyards of origin: Patrignone, S.Pietro
Type of terrain : sandy, clay
Variety of grapes: dolcetto 25 %; malvasìa nera 25 % ; sangiovese 25%; ciliegiolo 12%; pugnitello 12%
Years of establishment: 1973, 2007
Planting distances: 3 m x 1,2 m, 2,8 m x 0,8 m
Aspect: South West
Pruning: guyot

Data of 2012 harvest
Grape yield per hectare: 46 quintals
Grape yield per vine: 1,3 kg
Dry summer, slow ripening, manual and selective grape harvest end of September – beginning of October.

Analytical data of must
Sugars 228 g/l
Acidity: 6,70 g/l
Pressing and destalking, 10 days steeping at 26° C controlled temperature. The wine spontaneously completes the malo-lactic fermentation between the drawing off process and the beginning of winter. Blended in January, filtered and bottled in February, it is a “summer wine”, able to evolve positively for two years after the vintage

Analytical data of the finished wine
Alcohol: 13,12% vol
Residual sugars < 1 g/l
Total acidity 5,3 g/l
pH 3,85
Bottled production: 4000 bottles 1 l