Wine La Castellina, Il Nero di Poggio alla Buca, 2019
BlackBerry, blueberry and black plum notes. leather and tobacco notes on the background of moderate oak
Characteristics
Wine Style:
Concentrated, restrained, fulll bodied red with big aging potential
Tasting Notes:
Blackberry, black currant with sundried texture backed by roasty hazelnut and char tones. Has serious aging potential. Certainly needs decanting to emerge from stiff tight-wound package. Long gritty chocolate coffee resounding
Gastronomy:
Game/Red meats/Aged hard cheeses
Vineyards:
South facing slope at an altitude of 300 m. above sea level. silty soil, with sand and gravels of alluvial origin. 7 900 vines per ha.
Ageing method:
18 months in barriques
Winemaking process:
Hand harvested grapes, fermentation in stainless still vats to keep primary aromas, maceration 20 days, 20 days malolactic fermentatioin on fine lees. Refinement in the bottle for at least 6 months
Interesting notes:
Grapes per hectare: 70 quintals Yield in wine: 70% Bottles per year: 7,000
