ColleMassari Poggio Lombrone

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Wine Description

ColleMassari is the most important and largest estate of the Montecucco appellation. The vineyards are located on the Montecucco hill that gives name to the appellation. The vines on the Montecucco hill are the oldest Sangiovese vines of the DOCG.

Poggio Lombrone is the name of the estate's oldest Sangiovese vineyard. 

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Acclaim
“I love the purity of fruit to this delightful sangiovese with fresh hibiscus tea, rose petals and orange rind. Medium body, fine but serious tannins and a spicy, medium-chewy finish. Delicate and savory, but warm and hearty at the same time. As sangiovese should be. From organically grown grapes.”
— James Suckling, Jun 2019
“Montecucco Sangiovese became a DOCG in 2011, but sangiovese has been growing in this Tuscan region for much longer. The vines in ColleMassari’s Poggio Lombrone vineyard were planted in 1952, and the warm 2015 growing season accentuates the sweet fruit and round tannins that characterize sangiovese from this region. Unlike riservas from Montalcino, which borders the region to the northwest, this wine can be enjoyed immediately for its soft spiced-cherry and baked-plum flavors.”
— Wine & Spirits, Aug 2019
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard size
20 acres
Soil composition
tufaceous clays and calcareous marl
Training method
Cordon Spur-pruned
Elevation:
985 feet
Exposure:
Southwestern
Year vineyard planted:
1952
Harvest time:
September 15th-October 10th
First vintage of this wine:
2004
Bottles produced of this wine:
20,000
Average Vine Age:
65
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
35
Varietal composition:
100% Sangiovese
Fermentation container:
Barrels
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
15 days days
Fermentation temperature:
77-86 °F
Maceration technique:
Punchdown
Malolactic fermentation:
Full
Fining agent:
no fining
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Size of aging container:
40 hl
Type of oak:
Slavonian
Length of aging before bottling:
30 months
Length of bottle aging:
24 months
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.6
Acidity:
5 g/L
Alcohol:
14.5 %
Dry extract:
28.7 g/L
Residual sugar:
0.4 g/L
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Wine Production

Harvesting is done manually and the spontaneous fermentation takes place in open truncated cone-shaped oak vats with frequent and gentle manual punching, allowing long macerations and only fully ripe tannins extraction. Malolactic fermentation in 40 hl. oak casks, where the aging continues for 30 months.