CAPSULA: C/ALU 90 - ALLUMINIO / BOTTIGLIA: GL71 - VETRO / TAPPO: FOR51 - SUGHERO
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Description: Leuta 1,618 Merlot - DOC Cortona -
Varietal: Merlot 100%
Wine type: Dry Red Wine
Terroir: Cortona - Val di Chiana - Toscana - Italia
Elevation: 315-325 mt. slm, mid hills
Cru' and Vineyard name: San Lorenzo, Tenuta Leuta
Soil type: clay and silt
Training method: single arm and spur
Exposition- row orientation: West and South - ritocchino
Year planted: 2001/2003
Spacing and Plant density: 1,80 x 0,70 mt. - 7500 plants per hectare
Vineyard Size - age of the vines: 0,5 ha - 15 years, 2,5 ha 13 years
Cultivation and method: certified organic
Harvest method: grape selection and manual harvest in small crates the first part of September
Yield per hectare and per plant: 70 q.li/ha - 50 h.li/ha, 0,9 kg/plant
Destemming and crushing: destemming and light crushing
Maceration: pumpovers and delestages at controlled temperature
Pressing: none
Duration and temperature of fermentation: 25-30 gg. between 24 and 27 degrees C. in stainless steel
Yeast: indigenous and selected
Malolactic fermentation: done in barriques
Aging: on the lees for 6 months in barriques and another 10 months in barriques
Refinement in the bottle: 24 months
Filtration and bottling: June - July
Bottle production: 6000
First harvest and year of production: 2005 - all vintages has been produced
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