Frescobaldi Castelgiocondo Lamaione IGT Toscana, 2020

The Lamaione vineyard is located at an elevation of 300 meters above sealevel, on marine clay soils and southwestexposure. Merlot grapes were carefully selected and harvested by hand in boxes. Once at the winery destemming was followed by manual sorting of the berries. Fermentation was carried out in temperature-controlled steel tanks.

Then the wine was aged (aged or matured) for 21 months in 80% new French oak barriques; this was followed by an additional 12 months of aging in bottle. At the end of this process, Lamaione 2020 turned out ready to conquer the most demanding palates, thanks to a particularly favorable season.