Vignano Vineyard - Il Primo 2016
Type | Red |
Grapes | Sangiovese |
Country/Region | Italy, Tuscany |
Food pairing | Meat, Hard cheese, Charcuterie |
Vegan | ✔ |
Organic | ✔ |
Vintage | 2016 |
Alcohol | 14.5% |
Product number: 168976
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Wonderful smokey flavours in almond, dark chocolate and fennel. A deep and complex structure with an intense flavour and smooth finish. Excellent with all meat based dishes, sunday roasts and cheeseboards. A big wine, this is outstanding with a rib of beef or a big steak and chips.
- Appellation: Toscana DOCG Superiore
- Aged: 24 months
- Flavour profile: Dry
- Colour: Garnet Red
- Smell: Spicy red berries and a hint of chocolate covered almonds and tea.
- Taste: Complex flavours of red berries, violets and spiced fruits. A harmonious finish in the mouth with deep savoury flavours of chocolate, fig and leather.
- Awards:This wine has just received a score of 91 pts with James Suckling and won (for the 3rd year running on each vintage) a Gold medal from Mundus Vini.
Winemaking
- Total acidity: 5,43 g/l
- Volatile acidity: 0,46 g/l
- pH: 3,44
- Residual sugar: 0.3 g/l
- Free sulfites: 16 mg/l
- Alcoholic fermentation: stainless steel tanks Full malolactic process, temperature controlled (max 21 °C), 4 months long
- Vinification: barrique Aged: 24 months in wood (1-2 year old Medium Roast French Oak)
- Type of closure: natural cork
About The Vineyard
The Fanucci Family are the proud owners of Vignano, located in the heart of the Tuscan countryside. The vines are situated between 260m and 500m above sea level, so the grapes benefit from the cold winters and sunny hot Tuscan summers. The wine is matured in stainless steel and aged in French oak; tradition and science make for modern and composed wines. Committed to the philosophy of Bio-Dynamic farming and winemaking - certified ICEA and hold the highest Delinat Bio accreditation.