Vin Santo di Montepulciano Occhio di Pernice

Appellation: Vin Santo di Montepulciano D.O.C. Toscana Occhio di Pernice
Production area: Loc. Pietrose Montepulciano
Type of soil: Medium mixture of Pliocene origin
Grapes: Sangiovese, Trebbiano, Malvasia, Grechetto
Altitude: 350/400 m slm
Aspect: South/West Facing
Training system: Spurred Cordon
Production per ha: 4000 kg
Ageing potential: over 30 years

KIND OF GRAPE HARVEST

manual selection of the best grapes the first half of October.

FERMENTATION AND AGEING:

The grapes are dried about 3/4 months in boxes. Manual control and selection every week during the drying grape. Pressing with vertical press. The juice stays with the “mother”* for many years in small oak barrels capacity of 110 lt. Following the bottling and sale in bottle of 0,375 litres.