Super Tuscan Based on Bordeaux Varieties
(Outstanding)
A light red wine from
Tuscany
Summary
A crushed fruit fermentation wine using hand-harvested and heavily sorted grapes. Grapes are crushed and destemmed, before ambient yeast ferment the wine to dryness at warm temperatures in large oak vessels. Post-fermentation maceration of several weeks for further extraction is common, before pressing and racking into oak barrel (a portion new), where inoculated malolactic conversion will often occur. Further ageing in oak is common, adding texture and oak aromas. Any fining or filtration will be light before bottling in glass under premium cork.