Tenuta La Novella, Colli della Toscana Fonte Domini 2016 Montecucco

Tenuta La Novella, Colli della Toscana Fonte Domini 2016 Montecucco100% Syrah. Organic and Biodynamic farming. 15 years old vines planted on 2 hectares schist soils. Manual harvest. Whole berries put into vats by conveyor belt. 20% whole bunches (with stalks) are added. Extraction mainly by punching down and pumping over at the end of fermentation. Post fermentation maceration for 20 to 30 days. Aged 18 months in 500L barrels (20% new) and stoneware jars. A collectible winewine that evokes the Rhone valley but with

friable lava

yet soft and very fragrant

com by Neal Martin : 87-89

brings the wine its deep

prior to alcoholic and malolactic fermentation

The chemical composition is very similar to alcohol and also becomes vaporous in distillation

The Mestres cellars are located in an old Gothic palace

Some are grown the traditional way: the soil is worked on mechanically and the phytosanitary treatments are standard

Yield: 45Hl/Ha

Our vineyard people were very motivated

this Single Estate Grand Cru Cognac will be delicious as a long drink with tonic water or simply on the «rocks»

in its colder latitude and thus