Wine Description

Made from50% Sangiovese and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon. The free-run juice remains in contact with the skins for approximately four hours, allowing for greater color extraction, and resulting in a rosé with a beautiful, bright pink color.

Tasting Notes

Piano Piano offers delicious aromas of fresh strawberries and cranberries with a hint of rose petals on the finish. Crisp and refreshing, this is the ultimate summer wine. The name Piano, Piano (slowly, slowly) refers to the technique of extracting the color with the slow and gentle dripping of the free-run juice.

Vineyard Characteristics

Production area/name of vineyard:	Various vineyards in the Maremma region
Size of vineyard (acres):	25
Soil composition:	clay and stone
Training method:	cordone speronato
Elevation (feet):	330
Vines/acre:	2,500
Exposure:	Southwestern
Year vineyard planted:	1999

Winemaking & Aging

Varietal composition:	50% Sangiovese and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon
Harvest time:	September
First vintage of this wine:	2002
Number bottles produced of this wine:	20,000
Fermentation
Fermentation container:	stainless steel tanks
Fermentation temperature (°F):	55
Length of maceration (days):	6 hours
Aging
Aging container:	Stainless steel tanks
Length of aging before bottling:	minimal
Analytical Data
Alcohol:	13.5%
pH level:	3.2
Acidity (grams/liter):	6.2
Dry extract (grams/liter):	26

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