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Pizzini Pietra Rossa Sangiovese 2015

$52.00
$52.00

Garnet in colour. The nose is complex and enticing with earthy and savoury
characters including leather, plum and five spices. The palate is soft and
well-rounded with earthy, savoury and cherry flavours. The wine has great length
and persistence complimented by fine chalky tannins. Pair it with osso buco.  

Winemaking

The Sangiovese grapes are machine picked and then fermented with a yeast called BM45, made famous in Tuscany for making great Brunello wines. The ferment temperatures reach and are maintained at, 30°C. A hotter fermentation extracts maximum colour, flavour and tannin from the fruit. This heat also helps soften the tannins in the wine through the polymerisation process. Once the wine finishes alcoholic fermentation, the free run juice are drained and skins lightly pressed. The wine settles for a day before being transferred to barrels for malic acid fermentation and barrel aging for 14 months. The wine is then blended, fined and bottled.

Maturation

Oak: 100% Gamba, 25% Nevers, 15% Fontainebleau, 30% Allier, 30% Trancais
Oak age: 20% new oak
Oak toasting: 100% medium
Fining agent: Light egg white
Filtration: Cross flow

Final Analysis

Final alcohol: 13.8% Alc/Vol
Final acid: 6.80g/L
Final PH: 3.55


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  • KING VALLEY CRAFT

Diversity. Expression. Purity. Our place in the King Valley—with its gently undulating slopes providing a wide range of microclimates—is the perfect home for crafting nuanced and characterful Italian varieties. 

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