Interesting Facts
"Cinque", 2011 - Italian dry red wine, which is used for the production of grapes Sangiovese grown in Tuscany. The origins of the name of the drink is very uncomplicated. The wine came to light in 2008, and the manufacturer could not come up with a name for it. During his working visit to Switzerland, Jacopo spoke with one of the customers and told him that the two-day stay in the country he was fined five times. On the client replied: "So you call their wine" Cinque "(which translates from Italian as" five "). And so it was coined a name for this wine. However, there is a simpler version of the origin of the name of wine - grapes for its creation was collected from five different vineyards. vinification process when creating "Cinque" take place in steel tanks at controlled temperature. Maceration lasts 18 days. The aging of wines are also produced in steel tanks.
Producer's description
Querceto di Castellina - a family business which was founded in 1944 and is a small winery in Tuscany. The winery is located at an altitude of 480 meters above sea level and covers an area of 50 hectares. In addition there are vineyards in favor of olive groves, which have 3 hectares of land. Olives were planted here in 2008 to protect the vines from the weather. Since its founding to the present day, the company seeks to develop and create more high-quality products. Soil vineyards - layered, rich in lime, allowing the roots to grow deep vines and provides them with good access to moisture. Great location vineyard terroir characteristics, density plantings of vines (more than 6200 per 1 hectare), as well as provide a fairly low yields wines of Kuercheto di Castellina unprecedented complexity and elegance that fully characterize land Kuercheto.