ColleMassari Poggio Lombrone
Wine Description
ColleMassari's Cru of Sangiovese from old vines.
ColleMassari is the most important and largest estate in the Montecucco appellation. The vineyards are located on the Montecucco hill, which gives the appellation its name. The vines on the Montecucco hill are the oldest Sangiovese vines of the DOCG.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard size
20 acres
Soil composition
tufaceous clays and calcareous marl
Training method
Cordon Spur-pruned
Elevation:
985 feet
Exposure:
Southwestern
Year vineyard planted:
1952
Harvest time:
September 15th-October 10th
First vintage of this wine:
2004
Bottles produced of this wine:
15,000
Average Vine Age:
65
Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
35
Varietal composition:
100% Sangiovese
Fermentation container:
Barrels
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
15 days days
Fermentation temperature:
77-86 °F
Maceration technique:
Punchdown
Malolactic fermentation:
Full
Fining agent:
no fining
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Size of aging container:
40 hl
Type of oak:
Slavonian
Length of aging before bottling:
30 months
Length of bottle aging:
24 months
Total SO2
80
Analytical Data
pH level:
3.51
Acidity:
5.11 g/L
Alcohol:
15 %
Dry extract:
31 g/L
Total SO2
80
Residual sugar:
1.7 g/L
Wine Production
Harvesting is done manually and the spontaneous fermentation takes place in open truncated cone-shaped oak vats with frequent and gentle manual punching, allowing long macerations and only fully ripe tannins extraction. Malolactic fermentation in 40 hl. oak casks, where the aging continues for 30 months.
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