Val Delle Rose
Samma
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
Samma is the maximum expression of Cabernet Franc of Val delle Rose, a wine of great complexity and elegance. Pairings: first courses with game sauces, roast meats and aged cheeses.
Cultivation
Feldspathic quartz sandstone soil with skeletal rocky material, 150m above sea level, yield of 4 tons per hectare and a density of 5000 vines per hectare, spurred cordon pruning and espalier trellising.
Vinification
Vinification has a prolonged maceration on the skins that lasts for 15 days, fermentation occurs in small capacity stainless steel containers at a controlled temperature of 26°C.
Aging
12 months in barriques and a minimum of 6 months in bottle.
Press
2019:
93 points - James Suckling
90 points - Wine Enthusiast
2017:
91 points - James Suckling
2016:
93 points - James Suckling
2015:
94 points - James Suckling
APPELLATION
DOC Maremma Toscana
VARIETAL
100% Cabernet Franc
ABV
14.5%
ALTITUDE
150 meters
SOIL
Feldspathic quartz sandstone with skeletal rocky material
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
6,000 btls