Tolaini - Al Passo 2009
Pairing Suggestions
Blend of 85% Sangiovese and 15% Merlot. Alcohol 13.5%. The nose had aromas of wood, dark berries and raspberries and aromas from maturity. In the mouth the wood continues with spices and blue and black fruit. When the wine gets some air it gets really tasty. Herbs and black fruit at the finish. The acidity is perfect with black minerals in the finish.
Grapes: Sangiovese 85%, Merlot 15% Yield: 60 qt./ha
Area of production: Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy
Production: 100,000 bottles (2008); 117,000 bottles (2009); 83,000 bottles (2010); 93,000 bottles (2011); 165,000 bottles (2012)
Aging: 12 months in bottle
Winemaking
Grapes are firstly selected during harvest in the vineyard and then on the sorting table when they arrive to the winery; they are destemmed and the whole berries are immediately put into stainless steel fermentation tanks and a portion into French oak fermenters.
Alcoholic fermentation: The temperature is computer controlled in the tanks where the must is kept in contact with the skins for about 20-25 days where remontage occurs every 6-8 hours and one delestage is done per week.
Malolactic fermentation: French oak fermenting tanks and in French oak barriques (20% new and 80% used one year)
Maturation: On fine lees for 6 months in barriques and oak fermenters, 8 months in barriques (20% new)
Wineproducer: www.tolaini.it