Double meaning | Borgo Macereto

NAME: Toscana IGT

TYPE: white

GRAPE VARIETY: sauvignon blanc, viognier and Manzoni cross

ORIGIN: Italy, Tuscany

EVOLUTION: 3 years

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 8-10° C

RECOMMENDED GLASS: medium glass

ALCOHOL VOLUME: 12.5%

FORMAT: 75 cl

THE WINE

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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NOTES FROM OUR SOMMELIERS

👁 a beautiful pale straw yellow;

👃🏻 the nose expresses an exuberant, fruity bouquet, with hints above all of peach, gooseberries and lime.

👄 the palate stands out for its strong acidity and excellent response to the sense of smell. The ending is long and pleasant.

RECOMMENDED COMBINATION

A white obtained from different vines to make a very fresh, floral and intensely aromatic wine. It is a perfect wine as an aperitif, with some fish-based crostini, but it can also accompany lunch, together with first or second courses of fish. An advice? Pair it with Chinese cuisine.

REFINEMENT

Hand harvesting of the grapes by hand, with careful selection of the bunches directly in the vineyard, pressing of the grapes in a pneumatic press, fermentation of the various grapes at a controlled temperature (maximum 15° C). After the malolactic fermentation carried out in steel, the wine continues its refinement in steel for approximately 8 months.

YOU WILL LOVE IT FOR...

The freshness.

TERRITORY OF ORIGIN

TERROR

The area is unique for growing grapes. The history is centuries old, this being a civilized land since the times of the Etruscans.

We are in the municipality of Dicomano, located at an altitude of 162 m above sea level, which boasts a significant number of designations of origin dedicated to wine: Chianti DOCG, Chianti DOCG sub-area Rufina (the so-called wine of Florence), Colli dell'Etruria Centrale DOC, Vin Santo del Chianti DOC, Vin Santo del Chianti DOC sub-area Rufina, Toscana IGT.

The Rufina area, in particular, had already been identified in 1716 by Cosimo III de' Medici as a high quality area with the name of Pomino. The territory and the environment are the distinctive factors that outline the qualitative characteristics and differentiate the Rufina wines from all the others of the great Chianti denomination (born in 1932, became DOC in 1967, and passed to DOCG in 1984). Here then: the soils rich in marl and alberese, the altitudes that reach 400 metres, the warm exposures and the fresh Apennine winds, elements that ensure that fresh wines are created here, with clear polyphenolic endowments (deriving from the optimal maturity of the grapes) and with an innate longevity.

CELLAR

The Macereto agricultural company extends for approximately 20 hectares on the hills that dominate the area between Mugello and Valdisieve, in Dicomano, Florence. Six are destined for the vineyard (3 for the olive grove, the remaining divided between meadows and woods).

Macereto was born in 2014 when the Foscarini family took possession of it, recovering 3 hectares of sangiovese and gamay vines and planting new pinot noir vines, as well as a variety of aromatic whites including riesling, Manzoni cross, moscato, sauvignon blanc and viognier, to give a note of freshness and elegance. And then there is the inevitable Sangiovese, fundamental for the production of Chianti Rufina wines. The project was born from the beginning with the idea of ​​producing quality products, deriving from organic farming: theirs are high-level bottles, and fall within the DOCG and IGT parameters. The training methods are spurred cordon and Guyot, systems suitable for limiting productivity to the advantage of quality.

The Macereto Agricultural Company focuses heavily on quality Sangiovese, at the same time experimenting with other, very original wines, evolving fermentation and aging techniques.