2015 Querciabella Camartina Toscana IGT

Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (70%); Sangiovese (30%)

Ample rain and cool Winter temperatures were followed by dry, perfect Spring conditions which led to even budburst throughout the valley. Summer was dry with sporadic rainfall. The heat spikes early in the season resulted in smaller bunches and a lower yield altogether but contributed to a beautiful concentration and natural fruit acidity. Harvest dates: September 12–October 7.

Ruffoli, Greve in Chianti. Casaocci Sud for Cabernet Sauvignon; Montoro, Solatio and Tinamicaio for Sangiovese. With its galestro soils and south-facing exposure, the Casaocci Sud vineyard offers the perfect environment for textbook Cabernet Sauvignon, here refined by lighter, lifted notes. On a cooler slope, Poggerino’s denser soils, richer in clay, typically provide the wine’s structural backbone as well as the intensity and depth required for successful ageing. The Sangiovese grows in selected vineyard blocks ranging from 350 m to 600 m a.s.l. with varying orientation, south to south-west. At lower altitudes, galestro and clay soils impart elegance to the wines while higher up the hill sandstones become prevalent, gifting Sangiovese a juicier vitality

The extraordinary ageing potential of Carmatina begins to show 6-7 years after harvest. It will continue to evolve for 20 more years.