Leuta Tau Rosso IGT Toscana 2018 (750ml)

 

Leuta Tau Rosso IGT Toscana 2018

 

Description:  Leuta Tau - Toscana Rosso IGT

 

Varietal:  60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 10% Syrah

 

Wine Type:  Dry Red Wine

 

Tasting Notes

 

Leuta Tau IGT Toscana Rosso comes from a vineyard cultivated in Cortona, Tuscany, Italy.  The intrinsic characteristics of the soil and the distinctiveness of the climate guarantee the production of wines of particular intensity and elegance.

 

Color:  Ruby red with soft violet hues.

 

Nose:  Intense and powerful with well-defined notes of red and blue fruit flanked by hints of balsamic tobacco and a delicate sensation of pepper.

 

Taste:  Distinctive, mineral and savoury with a harmonious mix of fruit and spice with slight vegetal notes and long, soft, relaxed tannins.

 

Food Pairings

 

Ideal in combination with appetizers, cured meats and cheeses. Also pairs well with pasta with meat sauces.

 

Terroir:  Cortona - Val di Chiana - Toscana – Italia

 

Cru' & Vineyard Name:  San Lorenzo, Tenuta Leuta

 

Soil Type:  Clay & Silt

 

Training Method:  Single Arm & Spur

 

Exposition - Row Orientation:  South – Ritocchino

 

Year Planted:  2000-2008

 

Spacing & Plant Density:  1,80 x 0,70 mt. - 7500 Plants per hectare

 

Vineyard Size - Age of the Vines:  12,00 ha - 15 - 20 Years

 

Cultivation Method & Defense:  Certified Organic

 

Harvest Method:  Grape selection and manual harvest in small crates from beginning of September to beginning of October

 

Yield per hectare and per plant:  70 q.li/ha - 50 h.li/ha, 0,90 kg/plant

 

Destemming & Crushing:  Destemming and Light Crushing

 

Maceration:  Pumpover & Delestages at controlled temperature

 

Pressing:  None

 

Duration & Temperature of Fermentation:  25-30 gg. between 24 and 27 degrees C. in Stainless Steel

 

Yeast:  Indigenous and Selected

 

Malolactic Fermentation:  Done in Stainless Steel

 

Aging:  On the lees for 6 Month in stainless steel tank and further 6 Months in barriques

 

Refinement in the bottle:  24 Months

 

Filtration & Bottling:  June - July

 

Bottle Production:  15000

 

First Harvest and year of production:  2007 - all vintages have been produced

 

 

Leuta Winery

 

Welcome to Leuta,

 

When I decided to change the direction of my life in 1998, my first thought was how I could bring my grandfather’s heritage back to life.  His memory, his teachings and his example still drive my decisions today, even after more than 30 years since his passing.  My goal is to try to merge tradition and innovation, to combine the respect for nature with modern technology in order to craft a wine that represents a perfect combination of eurythmy and symmetry.  Balance and harmony are what I believe to be the key elements to pleasure; the only triggers that can change our beliefs, our perceptions and our emotions, giving a perfect sense to our lives.  It is by having such ideas in my mind that I go every day to my vineyard and to my cellar.  I would like that my wines impart the peculiarity and beauty of the terroir as well as my modern, even thoughtful respect for nature, and wine making philosophy.

Denis Zeni, Owner & Winemaker

 

Azienda Agricola Leuta was founded in 2000 by Denis Zeni and Enzo Berlanda.

 

Long-time business partners and school friends from the Lagarina valley in Trentino, the two young men, recognizing both the powerful attraction of nature and the perverse fascination of the city, decided to make a radical change and leave their respective jobs in the world of finance for the challenge of agriculture.

 

For too long, they realized, they had been dreaming and desiring a different life; their fathers had cultivated tobacco and grapes in the Trentino area and they wanted to live the same way.

 

Unfortunately, what remained of the past family holdings were only two hectares of vineyard in Isera, where the Marzemino reigns supreme.  So the men decided to focus their efforts in Tuscany.

 

In 2000, they purchased 21,5 hectares (approximately 60 acres) of land in Tuscany near Cortona, not far from Lake Trasimeno and Montepulciano.  This land is now the Leuta Estate.  Positioned at 310 meters above sea-level, the land is perfect for grape-growing, as soil studies clearly indicate.

 

The "Tuscany Project," as the two men called this initiative at the beginning, was incorporated in 2004 as Lagarini s.s. di Zeni Denis & C. s.s. and the first small-scale vintage for the Vin Santo Leuta was crafted.  During the same year a small property was bought in Trentino together with their friend Giulio De Vescovi, owner of the Azienda Agricola De Vescovi-Ulzbach.