Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG
Il Faggeto
Pietranera
Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG Riserva
Intense ruby red color; bouquet of ripe fruit, cherry with hints of vanilla and spices; structured, round, well-balanced flavor.
Essential details
Technical sheet
- Production area
- Municipality of Montepulciano
- Blend
- 90% Prugnolo Gentile, 5% Colorino, 5% Mammolo
- Vineyard
- Pietranera
- Training system
- Spurred cordon with grassy soil
- Density
- 3500 vines/ha
- Altitude
- 400 m
- Yield per hectare
- 40Hl
- Alcohol
- 13.5% VOL
- Serving temperature
- 20°C
- Soil
- Clayey, silty, moderately calcareous with a notable presence of black stone (quartz) and shallow tuffaceous substrate
- Microclimate
- Temperate, characterized by generally cold winters and hot summers, with rainfall concentrated in autumn and spring
- Production process
- Manual harvesting of the grapes. Alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature below 30° with the must resting on the skins for over 20 days. Malolactic fermentation and refinement in 500-liter oak barrels for a total period of 15-18 months.
- Pairing
- Roast red meats, game and mature cheeses.