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Castello del Terriccio - Castello del Terriccio
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Manufacturer : Castello del Terriccio
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Year : 2003
Region : Toscana
Capacity : 1,5 lt
Grape variety : syrah-petit verdort-merlot
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€155.50
€101.08
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Description : Castello del Terriccio - Castello del Terriccio
The history of the company is very old, even millennia. The remains of the Castle of Soil, strategically positioned on top of the hill to a panoramic view across the coast and a watchtower from which Pisani could spot for the arrival time of the Saracen pirates and avoid their terrible raids take us back to medieval times. At the turn of the thirteenth and fourteenth century, the bishop of Pisa, nephew of Pope Boniface VIII, in the name of the Roman Church, long lease granted in the estate accounts Gaetani, who were its owners for five centuries, during which, the reality fortified Castle gave way to an ever-increasing agricultural activity: hence the construction of farm to organize the production of wheat, olives and grapes, traditional crops of the area with the construction, in the seventeenth century, the buildings and then the winery business . At the end of the eighteenth century remained childless that branch of the family Gaetani, the soil was bought by Prince Poniatowski, who emigrated from Poland, to which the ownership - of great interest, mining the wealth of iron, copper and other minerals found in deep in hilly terrain - belonged to the First World War. Title: Tuscany I.G.T. Grapes: Syrah 50%, Petit Verdot 25% and 25% of other grape vineyard Location: 100 meters above sea level, facing south / southwest Density per hectare: 5,600 vines per hectare system: Cordon Time of Harvest: a hand, starting from 3 September to Petit Verdot, Syrah from 12/09 for the collection Sugar 240 gr / liter fermentation temperature: 31 |
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