Style
Type
Still
Winemaker
Saverio Petrilli, Lisandro Carmazzi
Appellation
Toscana IGT
Varieties
Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo, Sangiovese
Farming
Biodynamic, Certified Biodynamic, Certified Biodynamic (On Label), Certified Organic, and Organic
Terroir
We manage 7 hectares of vineyards, the youngest vineyard is 12 years old while the oldest is around 50 years old. Each vineyard is treated as a separate unit, with a view to being able to express the peculiar character of each individual area.
The soils of the different vineyards that make up this precious mosaic are all referable to the Villafranchiano, a period between the Pleistocene and Pliocene (between 1 and 2 million years ago), a period in which, slowly, mammoths and saber-toothed tigers gave way to horses, oxen and wolves. They are soils composed of fluvio-lacustrine argillites that tend to be sub-acidic, as in the Rhone.
The vineyards (passed to us by farmers who were abandoning them due to having reached the age limit) vary in surface area from 1000 meters to 2 hectares, for a total of 7 hectares. Altitude between 150 and 250 meters above sea level, exposure between South-East and West, between 3000 and 6000 plants per hectare.
Vineyard
50% is Sangiovese accompanied by Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo, Malvasia Nera and several other grape varieties from other Italian regions and abroad: Barbera, Montepulciano, but also Chasselas, Merlot and Syrah.
Vinification
Foot tread in small tubs. Racked into concrete tanks and aged for 4-6 moths. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Features
Cork
Available Sizes (L)
1
Distribution Area
Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
Shelf Talkers
Additional Resources
2 Commerce Dr. Suite 3 Moorestown, NJ 08057
Office 800.245.0184
Fax 856.985.5848
