Country:
Italy
Region:
Tuscany
Appellation:
Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT
Fermentation & Ageing:
Fermented in stainless steel and wood vats, aged 12 months in barrique, 10 months in big barrels and 3 months in steel
Other Information:
From the selection of the best grapes from their vineyards in Panzano in Chianti.
Vineyard age: 15-30 years
Vineyard density: 4500-9000 vines per hectare
Vineyard yields: 3500-5000 kg per hectare
Elevation, exposure: 450-500 metres, south-southwest
Soil: medium texture on Pietraforte rock
Certified Organic
Producer profile:
The Barr-Bettschart family, infected by the passion for viticulture, has doubled the properties in the Chianti area; and so it is that Gagliole (purchased in the ’90s in Castellina) has been joined by Tenuta la Valletta, in the Conca d’Oro di Panzano, home to a modern winery made energetically autonomous by solar panels. In 2020 another 4 hectares of vineyards were planted near the “Chapel of the Fishes” near Badia a Passignano. The production is directed towards a modernity inspired by tradition, where there is no shortage of wines with a strong personality.
Fertilizers = organic, hummus, green manure
Pesticides = copper, sulphur, organics
Weeding = mechanical/manual processing
Yeasts = spontaneous fermentation