Il Civettaio – White 6 Bottles

Description

The Vinyard Il Civettaio belongs to Paganico, about 20 minutes from the Guarda Mare, very close to Montecucco and also very close to Montalcino. Its owner, Gregorio, produces excellent wines that have a lot to offer.

Vermentino – organic – Igt Toscana Vermentino

Planted in Cessa del Civettaio is produced with only Vermentino grapes. The harvest time is generally the second half of september; the grapes are picked when the berries are amber.
Typical grapes from Maremma with a nice deep yellow color. After the crushing it ferments without skins at low temperature of 15 degrees. The fermentation take generally 20/25 days. After some racking it is bottled, without filtration, in april.

Production area: Civitella Paganico (Gr)

100% Vermentino grapes, 1.500 bottles produced

Vineyard: Cessa del Civettaio, planted in  2011 and 2012

Position North West 140 m above sea level, clay soil

Double Guyot System; 5050 plants per hectare

Yield per hectare: 40 quintals, manual harvest only