2019 Fattoria La Braccesca Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG

• Producer: Fattoria La Braccesca
• Varietal: Sangiovese Merlot
• Region: Tuscany
• Net volume: 750ml
• Vintage: 2019

The 2019 vintage was characterized by a dry winter season and temperatures below the historical average. Spring, equally cool, recorded frequent rainfall, especially in April, favoring the delay of vegetative development. The summer, hot and dry, made it possible to recover the initial vegetative delay and to start optimally the ripening of the grapes which, at the time of harvest, were in perfect health and with berries of smaller size than usual. The harvest began on September 17th and ended on October 5th.

The grapes, harvested separately by variety, were destemmed, and softly crushed and transferred to stainless steel tanks, where alcoholic fermentation took place at temperature. Controlled by 28°C to preserve the integrity of the fruit. The maceration, which lasted for 10 days, was managed in a controlled manner with interventions aimed at enhancing the structure, extracting only the sweetest tannins. The wine obtained was transferred to large barrels, where malolactic fermentation took place and where from the spring following the harvest, the process of maturation lasting about 12 months. Following bottling, which took place in the spring of 2020, the wine underwent a further aging of about a year.

The Braccesca covers 508 hectares where once stood the ancient farm of the Counts Bracci, from which the name of the estate and its coat of arms derives: an arm covered by armor holding a sword. The total area of the vineyards is 340 hectares divided into two bodies: the first, of 366 hectares of which 237 planted with vineyards is located on the border between the municipality of Montepulciano and that of Cortona. The other plot, 142 hectares of which 103 are vineyards, extends to Montepulciano between three of the most renowned sub-areas for the production of great red wines: Cervognano, Santa Pia and Gracciano. The first vintage of La Braccesca Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG was 1990.

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