
IGT Toscana Prima Pietra 2017
Prima Pietra is one of the great wines produced at Tenuta Prima Pietra, a winery located in Riparbella, a small town on the Tuscan coast. This Supertuscan originates from the high potentials of this particular terroir, a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc e Petit Verdot. Prima Pietra is a wine rich and complex, with unique complexity and persistence.

Appellation: Toscana IGT
Grapes: 50% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot
Harvest period: Started on September 6th with Merlot and ended on September 26th with the Cabernets
Soil profile: Abundant pebble-gravel, iron-rich clays
Elevation: 450 metres above sea level
Training system: Guyot
Vineyard density: 9,600 vines/ha
Vineyard yield: 50 q/ha
Vinification: 20 days in stainless steel tanks and concrete vasts at a temperature ore 28°C, separately for each grape variety
Maturation: 18 months in French oak barriques, 50% new. For the first 10 months each grape variety ages separately, afterwards the blend is created and it continues the maturation for 8 more months
Bottle-ageing: 6 months
Average Production: 33.000 bottles in 0,750, magnum e 12 L formats.
IGT Toscana Prima Pietra 2017
50,00€