Tenuta Calimaia Riserva
The 2020 season began with rather limited rainfall in the winter months after water reserves were restored in the last months of 2019. The water reserves generated during this period made it possible to cope with the higher temperatures of the summer period from June to August. Vines started their budding in the last days of March. The beginning of flowering occurred in the second fortnight of May with then a regular course favored by an ideal climate with warm, dry and slightly windy days. The absence of rainfall even during the harvest period made it possible to bring perfectly ripe, healthy and structured grapes to the winery. The phenolic kit and sugar content were perfect. Definitely a vintage with a very favorable climatic trend.
Wine Variety: Sangiovese, locally called Prugnolo gentile, and complementary red grape varieties
Maturation: 36 months in oak barrels, 6 months in bottle
Alcohol content: 14%
Vinification and ageing: The grapes were harvested by hand and subjected to careful selection in the field, after which they were vinified in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 26°C, and fermentation was conducted spontaneously. Maceration on the skins lasted 20 days and allowed a perfect extraction of polyphenolic substances, assisted by frequent pumping over in the initial stages of fermentation, interrupted by delestage in the intermediate phase, and then gently resumed in the final phase. Malolactic fermentation was completed in steel before winter. Afterwards, the wine remained to mature in 50 hl oak barrels for 36 months, then continued an aging in bottle for another 6 months.
Organoleptic Notes: Calimaia Riserva 2020 shows a brilliant ruby red color. The nose is quite complex and intense with scents ranging from fruit, wild strawberry, red currant and black cherry to fresh and balsamic notes. There is an interesting spiciness reminiscent of nutmeg, cinnamon and licorice accompanied by tertiary hints due to aging that recall roasting and delicate tobacco notes. On the palate it is enveloping and soft, with round tannins. Extremely long and persistent on the finish.
The 2020 season began with rather limited rainfall in the winter months after water reserves were restored in the last months of 2019. The water reserves generated during this period made it possible to cope with the higher temperatures of the summer period from June to August. Vines started their budding in the last days of March. The beginning of flowering occurred in the second fortnight of May with then a regular course favored by an ideal climate with warm, dry and slightly windy days. The absence of rainfall even during the harvest period made it possible to bring perfectly ripe, healthy and structured grapes to the winery. The phenolic kit and sugar content were perfect. Definitely a vintage with a very favorable climatic trend.
Wine Variety: Sangiovese, locally called Prugnolo gentile, and complementary red grape varieties
Maturation: 36 months in oak barrels, 6 months in bottle
Alcohol content: 14%
Vinification and ageing: The grapes were harvested by hand and subjected to careful selection in the field, after which they were vinified in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 26°C, and fermentation was conducted spontaneously. Maceration on the skins lasted 20 days and allowed a perfect extraction of polyphenolic substances, assisted by frequent pumping over in the initial stages of fermentation, interrupted by delestage in the intermediate phase, and then gently resumed in the final phase. Malolactic fermentation was completed in steel before winter. Afterwards, the wine remained to mature in 50 hl oak barrels for 36 months, then continued an aging in bottle for another 6 months.
Organoleptic Notes: Calimaia Riserva 2020 shows a brilliant ruby red color. The nose is quite complex and intense with scents ranging from fruit, wild strawberry, red currant and black cherry to fresh and balsamic notes. There is an interesting spiciness reminiscent of nutmeg, cinnamon and licorice accompanied by tertiary hints due to aging that recall roasting and delicate tobacco notes. On the palate it is enveloping and soft, with round tannins. Extremely long and persistent on the finish.
Tenuta Calimaia
This project marks the return of the Frescobaldis to Montepulciano in the name of that exploratory nature which also belonged to Lionardo Di Niccolò Frescobaldi: explorer, writer and merchant, he became mayor of Montepulciano in 1390.
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