Villanoviana
Bolgheri Superiore Sant’Uberto
Description
- Appellation
- Bolgheri Superiore DOC
- Region
- Tuscany go to region
- Zone
- Bolgheri
- Varietals
- Merlot 50% - Cabernet Franc 35% - Petit Verdot 15%
- Wine Type
- Red wine
Tasting Notes
Serving temperature 18 °C
Pairings Game, pigeons, braised meat, wild boar
Color Ruby red
Nose Cherry, plum, black pepper, nutmeg
Palate Complex palate that combines ripe and silky tannins and a pleasant finish
Merlot
- Vineyard extension
- 4.5 ha
- Year of planting
- 2009
- Soil type
- Sand and silt on the surface, clay underground
- Exposure
- South West
- Altitude
- 50 masl
Cabernet Franc
- Vineyard extension
- 4.5 ha
- Year of planting
- 2009
- Soil type
- Sand and silt on the surface, clay underground
- Exposure
- South West
- Altitude
- 50 masl
Petit Verdot
- Vineyard extension
- 4.5 ha
- Year of planting
- 2009
- Soil type
- Sand and silt on the surface, clay underground
- Exposure
- South West
- Altitude
- 50 masl
- Grape yield per hectare tons
- 7
- Average production/year
- 3,500 btls
- Method of Harvest
- By Hand
- Organic status
- Organic EU certified
- Type of yeast and fermentation
- Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts
- Vessel of fermentation
- Concrete
- Temperature of fermentation
- 25 °C
- Length of fermentation
- 25 days
- Vessel of aging
- French oak barriques (225 I) + bottle
- Length of aging
- 14 months barriques + 12 months in bottle
- Malolactic Conversion
- Yes
- Low SO2
- Yes
- Btls per Cs
- 6 Btls
- Pallet dimension
- 80x120 cm, h 188 cm
- Pallet configuration
- 11 cs x 10 layers = 110 cs/pallet