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Salustri Leonardo
Montecucco Sangiovese Grotte Rosse
- Appellation
- Montecucco Sangiovese DOCG
- Region
- Tuscany go to region
- Zone
- Grosseto
- Cru
- Grotte rosse
- Varietals
- Sangiovese 100%
- Wine Type
- Red wine
Sangiovese
- Vineyard extension
- 3 ha
- Year of planting
- 1960
- Soil type
- Sandstone, limestone
- Altitude
- 350 masl
- Grape yield per hectare tons
- 4
- Average production/year
- 10.000 btls
- Organic status
- Organic
- Type of yeast and fermentation
- Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts
- Vessel of fermentation
- Truncated conic oak casks of 22hl
- Length of fermentation
- 20 days
- Vessel of aging
- Oak casks of22-50 hl, bottle
- Length of aging
- 24 months oak, about 12 months bottle finishing
- Vegan
- Yes
Packaging 750 ml
- Btls per Cs
- 12 Btls
- Pallet dimension
- 80x120 cm, h 180 cm
- Pallet configuration
- 11 cs x 5 layers = 55 cs/pallet
- Barcode Btl
- 8054890650168
Tasting Notes
Serving temperature 16-18 °C
Pairings Bollito, seasoned hard cheese, roast chicken, stracotto
Color Intense ruby red
Nose Good intensity and persistence, pleasant notes of raspberry, hard black cherry, liquorice, tobacco, cloves
Palate Full in the mouth, concentrated, very elegant tannins, very persistent
