``ASINONE`` NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita
After years of continual experimentation, we identified the best quality potential of our grapes in the “Asinone” vineyard. The Nobile “Asinone” represents the highest expression of our production and the most accomplished synthesis between tradition, territory, and enological innovation. Obtained from Sangiovese grapes, it expresses a recognizable style and a defined character, but also has wide-ranging appeal to international palates.
VARIETIES
Best vintages 100% Sangiovese. Other vintages include about 10% of Colorino and Canaiolo
MATURATION
16-18 months in French oak tonneaux.
PRODUCTION
approx. 25.000 bottles
Vines over 30 years old (some are fifty years old), which produce small berries of Prugnolo Gentile, the particular microclimate and clay soil give the wine a muscular character well balanced by great elegance in the mouth
The selection
THE VIGNETO
The 12-hectare Asinone vineyard is located at an altitude of 380 to 400 metres above sea level, on the south-south-west side of the road descending from Motepulciano to Torrita di Siena. The toponym Asinone derives from the vineyard’s characteristic donkeyback shape: the place was in fact already known by the name ‘Asinone’, which is also found on ancient local maps.he mappe locali.
