Toscane · vintage 2022
Mazzei Concerto di Fonterutoli 2022
Ageing potentialAgeing potential: over 20 years.
Tasting
Rich and juicy, notes of underbrush and black berries, powerful and fine
The vintage
The 2022 vintage was characterised by a mild winter with little rainfall. Spring temperatures were initially average and then gradually increased, allowing the vines to develop evenly and steadily. The high temperatures and low rainfall were accompanied by the formation and subsequent flowering of the inflorescences, up to the budding of the grapes.
During the summer, the exposure of the grapes to high temperatures from the earliest stages of their development allowed the skins to thicken, guaranteeing the grapes good support as ripening progressed, with a reduction in the volume produced due to the low rainfall, which affected the weight of the bunches.
Rainfalls (sum of rainfall between 1/04 and 30/09): 480 mm
Temperatures (sum of average daily temperatures from 1/04 to 30/09): 5,456 °C
Blend of the 2022 vintage
- 80 % Sangiovese
- 20 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2022 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with sangiovese, merlot, cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2022 sheet
- 14.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 18 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Fermentation temperature: 26 - 28 °C; period of maceration: 14 - 18 days.
Ageing
18 months, barriques (Cabernet Sauvignon/70% new), tonneaux (Sangiovese/70% new). Finissage: 3 months in concrete tanks.
Terroir
Fonterutoli vineyards (Castellina in Chianti): Concerto vineyard, 350 m (1,150 ft) a.s.l. Soil: rocky, coming from decomposed limestone and sandstone.
The grapes ripen in the vineyard of the same name, located in the western part of the property at an altitude of about 350 meters above sea level. Thanks to the oak forest that surrounds it, this vineyard benefits from a unique microclimate. The Sangiovese, from mass selections belonging to an experimental vineyard dating back to the 1930s, is cultivated in the plots of Brotine Alto, Acacie, and Scassi. These plots enjoy a southwest exposure and a very rich soil structure with a high presence of limestone. The Cabernet Sauvignon is grown in an adjacent plot called Brotine Basso, which equally rocky and limestone-rich soil is particularly favorable for expressing the distinctive potential of this grape variety.
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