La Historia

La Historia
Toscana IGT
750 ml. – 1500 ml.
Francesco Guicciardini, politician, diplomat and statesman from Florence, in his last years (1537-1540) retired in Arcetri and Poppiano where he wrote part of his masterpiece “Historia d’Italia”, the first historical work analyzing the Italian events in the wider frame of the great European policy. This wine, produced in Poppiano, the land he owned, is meant as a tribute to our eminent Ancestor, the father of modern historiography.
Grape varieties Merlot 100%.
Wine making Process in stainless steal vats at controlled temperature of 27°-28°, 18-20 days maceration.
Maturing and Aging in vats, then at least 12 monts in French oak barriques (Allier) and in bottle for at least 4 months.
Alcohol 13.5 – 14.5 % Vol.
Tasting Notes Great structure and elegant character combined to a pleasant fruity sweetness. A well balanced and harmonic wine with appropriate freshness and mature, velvet tannins. A lingering and intense aromatic finish with fruity flavours of plums mixed to balsamic flavours.