Col d'Orcia - Olmaia - Cabernet 2012 - 75cl

                

1 BOTTLE X 75cl

Production area:
Montalcino - Siena - Sant'Angelo hill facing South- South/West.

Vineyards:
Olmaia. Average height: 350 m above sea level. Planted in 2005.

Weather conditions:
After a cold and occasionally snowy winter, some positive weather events produced a little water accumulation in the soil. The spring was quite warm. The summer was very hot without rain. The rains of early September restored the balance to some extent favouring the ripening of the Sangiovese grape. The overall drought led to a noticeable reduction of yields with small berries and great concentration of the grapes.

Grapes:
Cabernet Sauvignon, clones coming from Bordeaux with sparse bunches and small berries. The choice of the harvest time was based on finding a balanced maturity.  The harvest, exclusively by hand allowed a rigorous selection of the best bunches in the vineyards and then on the selection table in the cellar.

Vinification:
Fermentation in 50 hl stainless steel tanks.  About 20 days of maceration at controlled temperature of 25-28 °C. 2 daily pump-over and 3 long “delestages” on the 3rd, 5th and 7th day of fermentation were carried out. Mallolactic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks. From there the wine went directly into barriques in March-April 2013.

Ageing:
18 months in medium toast French oak barrels (95%) and American oak barrels (5%). The wine reached its stability during the second winter in wood by being submitted to the seasonal cold temperatures in order to clarify itself in a natural way. After bottling the wine was aged for further 8 months before release.

The new denomination “Sant’Antimo” is allowed exclusively to the wines vinified from grapes grown in the area of Montalcino, further enriching its already prestigious wine reality.

This wine is dedicated to the innovative spirit and vision of Count Alberto Marone Cinzano when he planted Cabernet Sauvignon in the early 1980’s on the hills of Montalcino. This wine is the pure expression of the best known grape variety in the world married with the climate of our very unique “terroir”. In the glass you will find all the intensity of the dry and hot Mediterranean summer and if you close your eyes, you might even be able to hear the crickets singing in the background.

            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

BRAND	Col d'Orcia
SIZE	75cl
CATEGORY	RED WINE