Syrah
Bosco
Il Bosco is produced with only Syrah grapes selected, actually, from the best parts of two hillside vineyards planted in 1995 and 1999. Very intense, clear and concentrated; complex and earthy texture of ground coffee, cocoa bean (mocha), wooden Tuscan cigar box, fresh mint; red fruits and Mediterranean herbs and flowers.
Appellation
Toscana IGT
Variety
Syrah
Vineyard site / Altitude
Manzano hills, Cortona / 290-300m a.s.l.
Vineyard surface / Plant year
2 parcels, total 3,5 hectares / 1995, 1997
Plants per hectare / Training system
7,500-9,000 plants per hectare / cordon spur
Soil
Clay / limestone
Harvest
first ten days of September
Vinification
30-45 days of skin contact, fermentation in oak (2/3 whole bunch)
Aging
24 months in used oak (34HL barrels and barriques);
12-18 months in bottle
Annual production
15.000 bottles, 100 magnums e 50 jeroboams
First vintage
1992
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