Rovaio PE 2019

Our first vintage is the 1995 one entirely produced in San Gimignano and even today, whenever we taste one of the last bottles we had stored in the cellar, we are amazed! Since 2017, when our vineyards in the land of Siena have reached a good maturity, our persevering oenological curiosity to understand how the same blend produced in a different territory would have behaved. This has meant that, thanks to the fantastic 2017 harvest, we have put one barrique of Sangiovese, one of Merlot and one of Cabernet Sauvignon to age. We blended after 18 months and, with deep emotion, we realized that this special small amount of wine deserved to be bottled and here is our Rovaio Personal Edition.

TECHNICAL DATA SHEET

Denomination: IGT Toscana Rosso (Super Tuscan)

Area of production: Siena

Varietal composition: Sangiovese 33%, Cabernet Sauvignon 33%, Merlot 34%

Harvesting: 2019

Environment sustainability: Organic Wine

Alcoholic content: 14,0%

Number of bottles: 900

Average altitude of the vineyards: 300 mt a.s.l.

Type of soil: Pliocene medium-textured, medium-clayey soil with skeleton intrusions

Yield per hectare: 4000 Kg

Thickness of plants: on average 4500 vinestocks/Ha

Growing system: guyot

Time of Harvesting: first and second decade of October

Harvesting: selection of bunches picked by hand and handling bunches in small boxes of 15 kg

Vinification: separated for each single vine variety, traditional red winemaking with co-inoculation

Type of fermentation tanks: stainless steel of small capacity

Fermentation Temperature: 26°C

Fermentation period: 16 days

Maturation: new barriques - blending after 18 months

Time of bottling: from the 24th month after harvesting

Refinement in bottle: at least 6 months

Aging capacity: high (10-20 years after harvesting)