Forasacco IGT Toscana Bianco 2021

Grapes: Chardonnay 75%, Pinot grigio 25%

Yield: 3000/3500 kg/ha

Harvest: manually in boxes at the end of august

Vinification: The must obtained from the soft pressing of Pinot Grigio is left overnight to decant in a steel vat. Once decanted, it is then used as a “pied de cuve” to which we add the Chardonnay must, which is also the result, at a later stage, of a soft pressing, a night of decanting and a subsequent racking that combines them

Fermentation takes place solely with indigenous yeasts, inside a steel vat where malolactic fermentation also takes place

Maturation: 7/8 months in steel and during springtime put into bottles

Bottle production: 2500 boles 0,75l

Alcohol : 13.5%

Production Area: Barberino Val d’Elsa (Barberino Tavarnelle) in the area of Tignano

Altitude: 320 m a.s.l.

Label: Designed by Christiane Kammann

Vineyards: planted in 1986 , Cordon

Soil: medium textured, prevalence of sand and clay