Baffonero Rosso Maremma Toscana 750ml Rocca di Frasinello

Baffonero 2019
Tuscan Maremma DOC
Baffonero is the Grand Cru, 100% Merlot, of Rocca di Frassinello. It takes its name from a 3.5 ha vineyard with perfect exposure and a medium-clayey soil very rich in
skeleton. Merlot clones from Château Lafite were planted here. The name Baffonero is inspired by a Maremma story that evokes the wild boar hunting typical of the area.
Today, Baffonero tells not only these anecdotes, but also the strength and elegance of a unique land like the Maremma.
Notes vintage 2019: a very variable season. In spring and early summer, temperatures were below the seasonal average, and the rains, during flowering, delayed the
subsequent phenological phases, lengthening the plant's vegetative cycle. The months of July and August, but above all September, were followed by very sunny weather
with high, but not very high, temperatures and significant temperature swings between day and night; a situation that favoured perfect phenolic ripening of the grapes. The
Merlot bunches were perfectly intact, healthy and juicy at the time of harvest.
Tasting notes: this pure Merlot reveals aromas characterised by a variety of black fruits, particularly blackberry and blueberry, but also notes of vanilla, tobacco, chocolate
and slight hints of coffee. In the mouth, it is full and robust and shows all its complexity as well as a marked freshness that makes it long and pleasant and particularly
persistent in the finish.

Municipality of production: Gavorrano (GR)
Soil type: clayey rich in skeleton
Vineyard Altitude: 90 m above sea level
Vineyard name: Vigna Baffonero
Training system: spurred cordon
Planting density: 5,900 vines per hectare
Yield per hectare: 25 Ql
Harvest time: first half of September
Vinification: in cement
Malolactic fermentation: carried out
Ageing: in 100% new French oak barriques
Length of ageing in barriques: 24 months
Ageing in bottle: 12 months