LIMINE 2012

Rosso di Toscana IGT

produced with grapes from organic agriculture

  • Name of the wine: Limine.
  • First year of production: 2008.
  • Agricolture: organic since 1999.
  • Description of the vineyards: The soil composition is a clay loam originated by the geological formation called “Marl of Vicchio”(marl and clay marl).
  • Alitude: 500 metres.
  • Exposure: south, south-west.
  • Pruning tecnique: unilateral cordon.
  • Planting years: 1999.
  • Plants density: in the new wineyards 7.000 plants per hectare.
  • Rootsocks: 420 A.
  • Grape varieties: 100 Merlot.
  • Vinification tecnique: The vine-harvest (completely done by hand) starts in end September We put the grapes in small boxes(weight: about 15 kg each). We bring the boxes to a terrace situated on the roof of the cellar where there is the destemmer, a machine, that at first divides the grapes from the grape-stalk and immediately after it presses them. The must enters directly by gravity in the cellar’s concrete and wood containers (capacity 5 hectoliters) through some openings of the terrace. During the alcoholic fermentation we manually press the skins. The liquid and the skins are in contact about 18-28 days then they are divided and the wine is transfered into the barriques (capacity: 225 litres) where the malolactic fermentation takes place. The wine lies in the barriques for about a 18 mounth. Later we transfer it into concrete containers and after 3-4 months we bottle it. The wine is refined in the bottles for a 2 year.
  • Date of bottling: February.
  • Mains analytical datas: Alcohol 13,50% - Total aciditye: 5,10 - 5,70 gr/litre - Total dry extract: 28,50 - 29,00 gr/litre.
FRLIM12

Data sheet

Code
FRLIM12
Winemaker
Azienda Agricola Frascole
Bottle
lt. 0,75
Alcoholic strength
13,5% vol.
Grapes
Merlot 100%

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