Sanchimento a Tuscan Traminer that will surprise you
The 2012 harvest will be remembered as one of the best regarding its quality and as one of the scarcest regarding the quantity.
IGT 2012 Sanchimento
Very few clusters of grapes. For this reason even the IGT Sanchimento has been produced in small amount and is reserved for the most affectionate clients.
In 2012 the vintage has seen great excesses in the climate. Great snowfalls, with one and a half metres of snow at Fattoria del Colle, the farmhouse of Donatella Cinelli Colombini, which caused nearly a months transport paralysis. Three moths of extreme heat without a cloud or drop of rain between June and September. In other words the vines were really put to the test. The surprise was their reaction: they proved to be “intelligent plants2 solving by themselves the majority of problems. They reduced their vitality and so produced less grapes and then “abandoned” part of it which remained green after the veraison and these were then removed when the thinning out took place. The grape growers also had an essential role, hoeing, removing the excess grapes, managing the green leaves with a work –intensive commitment without precedent and in the end their work was repaid with the awarding of 5 stars to the 2012 vintage, one of the best in the last 100 years.
Type: dry white.
Production area: Tuscany, Trequanda, Fattoria del Colle.
Sanchimento IGT 2012
Vintage characteristics: very cold and snowy winter but at the same time very dry. The summer was hot and especially rainless from June to August. The hydro-stress for the vines was restrained by hoeing the land and reducing the foliage transpiration.
Grape variety: Traminer 100%.
Grape harvest: from August 28th to 31st. The grapes were hand picked and were transported to the winery in 10kg crates where they were cooled before vinification.
Fermentation: The must obtained from the pressing was cooled to 4°C for the static decanting of the dregs. After 12 hours the limpid must was racked and allowed to warm up to 14°C when the yeasts were added. The fermentation lasted about 20 days at a temperature of 16-18°C.
Quantity produced: 2.000 bottles.
Colour: light golden yellow.
Aroma: Traminer typical aromatic notes, fine, pleasantly fruity and floral, with hints of exotic fruits.
Taste: fresh, fine, sapid, harmonious, immediate and persistent.
Analysis: alcohol 12 % Vol; Tot ac. 5,1 g/l; Vol. ac 0,35 g/l; pH 3,58; Tot . SO ²110 mg/l.
Serve with: delicate vegetable, fish and meat dishes, and with cheese.
Way of serving: serve cool (10°C) in crystal tulip shaped wine goblets.
Storage: drink within two years from production. Keep the bottles lying down in a dark and cool place.