VERMENTINO DI TOSCANA IGT

PRODUCTION AREA: Monterufoli Estate, Monteverdi Marittimo (PI) - VINIFICATION AND MATURATION: The grapes are harvested manually in the middle of September; they are softly pressed in the absence of oxygen; the must undergoes cold static decantation for 48 hours and is sent to alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks; the fermentation lasts 20-25 days at a temperature of 16 ° C; at the end of the alcoholic fermentation the wine remains in stainless steel in contact with its fine lees for 5 months. TASTING NOTES: It is balanced, with good minerality, with an evident freshness and light sapidity. To be served around 10 ° C. Excellent as an aperitif and paired with dishes based on fish and medium-aged cheeses. POSSIBILITY OF AGING: 2/4 years.

Monterufoli, located in the province of Pisa, seems to come out of a dream: more than a thousand hectares of unspoiled nature, ancient trees, a myriad of hot springs and beautiful vineyards, from which are produced: the Vermentino di Toscana IGT and the selection Poggio Miniera Val di Cornia DOC. 

The farm is located where once there was an ancient deposit of the mine of magnesite and lignite, especially chalcedony, which were extracted from the Opificio delle pietre dure in Florence since the fourteenth century. 

Until 1929, it was a cableway and railway station for the mine trains, which had been closed for over half a century. Once upon a time the subjects of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca lived here, the famous character of Dante's Divine Comedy, the ancient lord of these places. 

The Monterufoli Estate covers an area of 1,030 hectares of hills, almost conforming to a single body and ranging between 150 and 500 meters above sea level.

On the whole area there are large wooded areas for a total of 900 hectares, where in addition to the predominant species of oak and holm oak there are the typical formations of the Mediterranean as myrtle, arbutus, mastic, juniper and heather.