Val Delle Rose
Il Ciliegiolo
In 1996, Famiglia Cecchi purchased the Val delle Rose winery in the little village of Poggio la Mozza, which lies at the productive heart of Morellino di Scansano appellation.The Cecchi family has been a pioneer of the Maremma area, believing in the great potential of the wild area a few kilometers from the Medeterranean Sea. Val Delle Rose is now the biggest winery in the Morellino di Scansano appellation.
At the time of its acquisition, Val Delle Rose had 25 hectares of vines. The Cecchi intervention was comparable to a minor farming revolution, as the agricultural techniques used until then did not ensure the batch-to-batch consistency needed for the viability of a serious winery. A study of the property’s soil revealed the enormous potential of this terroir. The study was so promising that the Cecchi family decided to extend the land under vines to about the current 100 hectares.
Tasting Notes
Ciliegiolo is incredible... dark color with intense richness but somehow finding a way not to be too heavy. Basically you'll open this and finish the bottle!
Cultivation
Feldspathic quartz sandstone soil with skeletal material, 150m above sea level, yield of 4 tons per hectare and a density of 5000 vines per hectare, spurred cordon pruning.
Vinification
Vinification consists of an extended skin contact during a long maceration of 15 days. Fermentation is temperature controlled in small stainless steel tanks at 25°C.
Press
2019:
90 points - James Suckling
90 points - Wine Enthusiast
2018:
90 points - James Suckling
2017:
90 points - James Suckling
APPELLATION
DOC Maremma Toscana
VARIETAL
100% Ciliegiolo
ABV
14%
ALTITUDE
150 meters
SOIL
Feldspathic quartz sandstone with skeletal material
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
6,000 btls