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| First year of production: 1979 |
| Yearly bottle production:
30 thousand also in Magnum and Supermagnum case |
| Grapes:
Sangioveto (85%-90%) and Malvasia nera |
| Vinification: Steel |
| Aeging: barrique 2/3 new and for a long time in bottle |
| Production area: Castellina in Chianti (SI) |
| Vines height: mt. 350-400 |
| Type of ground: Calcareous |
| Growth system: Guyot - upturned |
| Plant density:
From 2.700 to 7.000 in the new ones |
| Age of productive vines :
From 25 to 30 years |
| Hectare grape gain: 40/45 Ql |
| Time of vintage:
Following the half of October |
| Fermentation tank material : Inox - Thermo-controlled |
| Working temperature: 28° |
| Working time: 18/25 days |
| Malolactic fermentation: Done |
| Type of wood:
Barriques of 225 lt. - different type of woods |
| Lenght of pre-bottling refinement: From 15 to 30 months |
| Production stability :
Light clarification with albumin |
| Bottle refinement: 12 months |
| Vintage not produced:
1984-1989-1992 |
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Castellare di Castellina
The masterpiece of Castellare. Twice named in the Wine Spectator Top 100, again and again three glasses and five bunches, pride of our Farm to have shown the grandeur of Sangioveto and Malvasia nera, reaching the fifth place in the world. 
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