• Wine Type: I.G.T. Tuscany
• Production area: vineyards located in the municipalities of Monticchiello (SI) on clayey-limestone soils at 500 m above sea level.
• Grapes: 100% Petit Verdot
• Plant density: 7000 plants per hectare
• Training system: simple Guyot
• Yield per hectare: 30 hl
• Planting year: 2004
• Harvest: manual in boxes from the third ten days of October
• Vinification and aging: total destemming, fermentation and post-fermentation maceration at a controlled temperature in stainless steel for about 30 days depending on the parcel.
• Aging: in fine-grained French oak barriques for ten to twelve months depending on the vintage, of which 50% new and 50% second passage
• Refinement in the bottle: at least 12 months
• Alcohol content: 14.5 vol. %
• Serving temperature: 18 ° C

• Format: 0.75lt

• Organoleptic characteristics: intense ruby red colour, powerful nose with notes of red fruit, blackcurrant, blackberry accompanied by a light spiciness.

  In the mouth it has a soft entry, then it is powerful, balanced and persistent, with well-present but soft and velvety tannins.

Malafiore / Tuscan Red

The wine

Malafiore is a single-variety Petit Verdot which is produced exclusively on exceptional vintages with highly qualitative standards allowing bottling in purity. Maximum expression of our terroir it is the real highlight of our cellar.