TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  50% Vermentino, 30% Trebbiano, 15% Grechetto, 15% Malvasia

ABV:  13.5%

Vineyard:  Two hectares of vines averaging 30 years old, planted on chalky, clay-rich “alberese” marl and alluvial sandstone influenced by the nearby Tyrrhenian coast and the Apennines.

Cellar: Grapes are hand-harvested in small boxes and carefully selected. The Vermentino is manually destemmed, foot-crushed, and given a short period of skin contact before fermenting with indigenous yeasts in older French oak barrels. The remaining grapes are pressed directly and fermented in stainless steel. The wine is then blended and aged for six months in steel, lightly fined with bentonite, and bottled. ~8,000 bottles produced.

CSPC:  151301

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  Italy

Region:  Lucca, Tuscany

Appellation:  Toscana Bianco IGT

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Varietal/Blend:  50% Vermentino, 30% Trebbiano, 15% Grechetto, 15% Malvasia

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  13.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  151301