2005 harvest (UNFORGETTABLE)

Zone of vines: Hills of Montefalco, 400 m.s.l, location San Valentino '88
Exposure: EAST-SOUTHWEST
Type of soil: Clay
Care of vines: trained on wire, about 2.000 plants for hectare
Yield for hectare:70/75 quintiliters
Harvest date: 3rd week of October
Weather:: 2005 has been characterized by a summer season with scarce rains and dry temperature up to the vintage. This has produced an Unforgettable year.
Grapes: 70% Sangiovese, 15% Montepulciano, 15% Sagrantino
Degress of Alcohol: 13,0%
Harvest:by hand, with transport of grapes in small steel containers
Fermentation: on the skins, with the stems separated the same day the grapes are harvested.
No. of days fermented and macerated: 30
Aging of wine: 36 months in steel, 4 in bottle
Characteristics: dry, smooth, with aromas of fresh apples
Recommended pairings: pastas, red meats, cheese
Total no. bottles: from the 2005 harvest, we culled 8.865 75,0 cl. bottles (all numbered individually)


Note: This wine was bottled in September 2008, three years after harvest. It has been left to rest in an environment away from light and noise, for about four months, with deliveries beginning from the month of February 2009. It's a wine that matures slowly, but even if they recommend the drinking age of 30 months. The rich sensory composition of this vintage UNFORGETTABLE of 2005, along with the slow maturation in the absence of forced stabilization accompanied by proper preservation in suitable environmental conditions, provides the basics to drink after 8/10 years.

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