rah i.g.t. toscana
Podere Casinas‘s syrah is the result of the careful manual selection of the best grapes grown in our vineyards. Following the wine-making process, using only indigenous yeasts, the wine is refined for 12 months in small french oak casks. It is a ruby-red wine with violet-like aromas, a perfume typical of the grape variety in which suggestions of mature red-berry jam are also in evidence. These characteristics, together with a hint of spices, result in a wine which is capable of evolving still further if conserved in the correct environment. This wine, of which very few bottles are produced, represents our interpretation of a noble wine of french origin which has found, on the sunny slopes of the Maremma, its ideal habitat.
Grape variety: 100% syrah
Altitude: 250 m above sea level
Position: south-west
Soil type: predominantly clayey with a good structure
Vineyard acreage: 11 hectares
Planted in: 1998
Growing conditions: ram cordons
Number of vines per hectare: 5000
Yeld per hectare: 50-55
Harvest: starts in the last week of september, grapes are manually harvested and selected
Transformation process: maceration with peels and seeds for 2-3 weeks
Malolactic fermentation: complete
Ageing: 12 months in french barriques
Bottle ageing: 6 months in french barriques
Alcohol content: 14,5%
Serve at: 18°C
Colour: ruby red with violet-like tones
Aroma: mature red berry fruit notes enhanced with a hint of spices. the wine is capable of evolving still further over a number of years if stored in ideal conditions