FORMAT: 0.75L
GRAPE VARIETY: 90% SANGIOVESE, locally called Prugnolo gentile, and 10% complementary berry varieties
VINTAGE: 2020
PLACE: TUSCANY-ITALY
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14%VOL
| Located in a historic area for the production of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and considered one of the most suitable, Calimaia lies on the soft hills between Val di Chiana and Val d'Orcia. The vineyards arranged around the company's hill, enjoy an altitude of 300 meters above sea level and are diversified by exposure and type of soil, thus allowing each cultivated vine to be enhanced. |
CLIMATE TREND:
The 2020 season began with rather limited rainfall in the winter months, after the restoration of water reserves in the last months of 2019. The water reserves generated in this period made it possible to face the highest temperatures of the summer period from June to August. The vines began to bud in the last days of March. The beginning of flowering occurred in the second half of May with a regular course then favored by an ideal climate with hot, dry and slightly windy days. The absence of rain even during the harvest period allowed us to bring perfectly ripe, healthy and structured grapes to the cellar. The phenolic composition and sugar content were perfect. Certainly a year with a very favorable climate trend.
VINIFICATION AND MATURATION:
Once harvested by hand, the grapes were vinified in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature (max 26°C) and the fermentation was carried out spontaneously. Maceration on the skins allowed a perfect extraction of the polyphenolic substances, aided by frequent pumping over in the initial phases of fermentation, interrupted by a delestage in the intermediate phase, to then resume in the final phase. The malolactic fermentation was completed in steel before winter. The wine was then left to mature in 50 hL oak barrels for 24 months. It then rested in the bottle for a few months.
TASTING NOTES:
Tenuta Calimaia Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2020 has an intense ruby red color. The complex bouquet recalls notes of red fruits and more precisely of cherry, sour cherry and black cherry that blend with hints of aromatic herbs, including sage and lavender. Intriguing spicy notes that recall the cocoa bean. The entry into the mouth is voluminous, energetic. Excellent keeping quality of the red fruits; the freshness and acidity are linked to the raspberry and currant. The spicy notes envelop the palate. Good persistence. Young, fresh and silky tannin.