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.