Vintage 2017
Production area Tenuta Maria Teresa, Colline Lucchesi
Oenologist Massimo Motroni
Soil Mainly sandy with presence of magnesium and silicium
Grape variety 100% Merlot
Exposure facing South
Average vineyards age 22 years
Altitude 200 mt s.l.m.
Training system Guyot
Vine stocks per ha 5500
Yield per ha in Kg 4000
Average year production 2.000 bottles/year
Harvest By hand in small boxes.
Grape selection by vine and by vineyard according to the ripening
Vinification The grapes were produced in respect of the organic certification, with biodynamic methods. Crushing and destemming, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, skin maceration at 28/30° C for ten-twelve days, with daily pumping over for 16 days, malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats
Maturing The wine is aged for 18 months in fine-grained barriques of first or second passage. Then it is assembled in stainless steel vats and left to rest in the natural cold throughout the winter months to achieve tartaric stabilization; it is bottled in two years after the harvesting.
Bottle Ageing At least 6 months before released
Colour Deep, impenetrable, purple red
Bouquet Red berries, blackberries; spices which remind of vanilla, black peppercorns and juniper. A balmy note completes the olfactory profile of this wine
Taste Extremely elegant wine, soft and enveloping, with silky tannins, gentle and at the same time powerful. Definitely fresh, very persistent, endless.
Alcohol 14,5 % by Vol
Anteprima Vini della Costa Toscana will enchant Lucca again! Visit the stand of Tenuta Maria Teresa in Real Collegio on May 5th and 6th to discover our five organic wines and taste and smell the flavors of our territory!
An important result for a product in its first year of organic certification: land care and attention in the wine cellar have created a product that maintains the high quality, respecting nature
