IGT Toscana rosso
Ampeleia 2019
Ampeleia represents the beginning, the pride and excellence of our estate, which it takes its name from.
We have grown together with it and thanks to it. Its essence comes from Cabernet Franc, a sensitive grape variety that is difficult to work with and only shows its qualities in the right soil. This is one thing we are sure of: Roccatederighi and Cabernet Franc have a rare synergy, capable of expressing the full potential of both. Here Cabernet tastes of Roccatederighi.
In 2002 this synergy resulted in Ampeleia. Coming from vineyards scattered around the estate, on the clay-limestone soil on which Roccatederighi was built, it has evolved through time: although its soul has always been Cabernet Franc, it was only in 2015 that it left behind the other varieties to express its purity.
Data sheet
Ampeleia is dark in colour and represents a perfect example of the harmonious blend of our different Cabernet Franc parcels. Its minerality “shouts elegantly” of the Roccatederighi terroir and you can lose yourself in forest berries, balsamic notes, aromatic herbs and spices: deep, with silky tannins. Opening the bottle marks the start of a journey, to be savoured to the end. A journey lasting 18 years, the number of vintages we have produced.
- Appellation: IGT Toscana Rosso
- Grape variety: 100% Cabernet Franc
- Training system: guyot
- Alcohol content: 12.5%vol
- Altitude: 500 m/asl
- Harvest period: 3rd - 4th week in September
- Yield/ha: 30 hl
- Ageing: 6 months in concrete tanks, 6 months in wooden barrels
- Vinification notes: 15% whole clusters
- First vintage: 2002
- Bottles produced: 15,000
