Wine Barone Ricasoli, “Antico Feudo della Trappola”, Rosso Toscano IGT, 2019

Description

Monosortovoe dry red wine “Torre della Trappola” is made from Sangiovese grapes grown in the region of Brunello di Montalcino. Wine was born thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the master of the Castello Romitorio winery Barone Ricasoli – Carlo Ferrini. Fermentation of grapes took place in steel tanker at a controlled temperature 26-28 C. Maceration in contact with the skins lasted 20-30 days, then was filtered wort. First, the wine is aged 12 months in French oak barrels, followed by 14 months in Slovenian oak barrels. After bottling, the wine went further maturation for six months.

The weather conditions of the 2009 season were divided into two stages, which ultimately cancel each other. The season was characterized by heavy rains, which allowed to stock a lot of moisture in the soil. During the rainy season lasted longer than usual – until mid-July. In the summer, in the second stage of the climate, set a very dry and hot weather. However, the vast reserves of water accumulated during the rainy season, allowed to survive drought without appreciable loss. Grapes in August matured faster than in previous months, when the average rate was maintained. Vintage showed decent quality, high total acidity and extractives. Berries are abundant in polyphenols well balanced.

Ricasoli family has ancient roots and is the fourth oldest in the world of family businesses. It is also the oldest company in Italy, the family owns the castle Ricasoli Castello di Brolio with 1141. Ricasoli were among the first who devoted himself to the development of agriculture and viticulture. It is known that since the late 1600’s, the family made the first export in Amsterdam and England. And since the beginning of the 1900s, wine Broglio known and exported all over the world: from China to Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Costa Rica. One of his ancestors, Baron Bettino Ricasoli (1809-1880), nicknamed the “Iron Baron”, more than 30 years conducted research and experiments with the aim of producing high quality wines of Chianti, able to compete on an international level with the great French wines. Baron has fulfilled this mission to unlock the potential of the terroir Broglio, combining processes and applied science with the principles of winemaking. In 1867, wine Ricasoli won the first gold medal at the International Exhibition in Paris.

Activities Baron gave not just a boost to the development of winemaking in Chianti. In accordance with modern principles of economy and agriculture, Bettino Ricasoli contributed to the development of roads and railways in the region and many other progressive movements. “Currently, our research nearly a thousand years,” – says the great-grandson Bettino Ricasoli – Francesco, managing since 1993 the company, which owns 240 hectares of vineyards and 26 hectares of olive groves in the beautiful and rich diversity of soils and climate of the Chianti region. He continues the noble cause of ancestors, maintaining the quality and character of the great wines of Broglio, conducting tests, assessing the unique features of the area and its history, winning the highest awards world-class and giving new value culture and art of wine drinking.