Interesting Facts
"Podalirio", 2011 - Italian dry red wine, which is used for the production of Merlot grapes. The wine received its name in honor of the small pale yellow butterfly with black stripes on the wings. For the first time this wine was published in 1999. Annually produces about 6,000 bottles of "Podalirius." Harvest to create "Podalirio" usually harvested in September. Fermentation takes place in special steel tanks at a temperature 28˚S for 22 days. Extract of wine in 225-liter French oak barrels takes 18 months. Bottling of the vintage 2011 the August 1, 2013.
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.