CHIANTI RUFINA DOCG

organic wine

Name of the wine:  Frascole 

First year of production:  1992

Agricolture: organic since 1999

Description of the vineyards: The soil composition is a clay loam originated by the geological formation  called “Marl of Vicchio” (marl and clay marl).

Exposure: south , south-west –  Pruning tecnique: unilateral cordon

Planting years: 1996 and 1998

Plants density: 5000 plants per hectare –  Rootsocks: 420 A 

Clones: Sangiovese F9 , CH 22 

Grape varieties:  90 % Sangiovese, 5%  Canaiolo, 5% Colorino 

Vinification tecnique: Each vineyard is harvested by hand in several steps as soon the grapes are ripe. They are collected  in small boxes and  they ferment in small separate vats ( steel and cement ), situated in the cellar under the destemmer , so that they go directly for gravity in the tanks.

Fermentation takes place at a temperature not exceeding 28-30 degrees and the maceration  continues for 25-28 days. 

Refining technique: after the  malolactic fermentation, 40% of the wine is refined in barrels, oak containers and the rest in cement tanks, for about 12 months. Then the wine is blended in one big vat and bottled after a few months

Date of bottling:  Spring

Mean  analytical datas :  Alcohol: 13,00 -14,00 % –  Total acidity: 5,20 – 5,70 gr/ litre                                 

                                             Total dry extract: 27  – 29,00  gr/litre