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Cab Franc Chronicles - Your source for all things Cabernet Franc! -------------------- Analysis and commentary of the Ampeleia, 2019 'Ampeleia' IGT Toscana Cabernet Franc, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy Ampeleia was born out of Elisabetta Foradori's desire to showcase the unique terroirs of the hills of Alta Maremma. After a few years of searching, she and her partners found the ideal site from which to launch the project, an old established vineyard near the village of Roccatederighi that was planted with primarily Cabernet Franc. From their first vintage, 2002, they brought on Trentino-native Marco Tait, who spent his formative years working at the Foradori estate in Trentino, to manage Ampeleia's vineyards and winemaking, and with this first vintage Marco knew instantly that there was something special about these 7 parcels of old Cabernet Franc vines and that this grape was destined to be the heart and soul of Ampeleia's story. So with the 2002 vintage, this wine 'Ampeleia' was born, and today remains the estate's flagship wine and highest expression of their wine range. Today, the estate has about 35ha of vines planted across four vineyard sites, and they now have a total of about 8ha of Cabernet Franc vines, nearly a quarter of their vineyards. The estate is located in the Alta Maremma, and more specifically in the Colline Metallifere Grossetane, which is one of Maremma's 5 official sub-zones. There are a few key influences that moderate the Mediterranean conditions, which make it one of the coolest parts of Maremma. The proximity to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which helps to moderate temperatures. There are also constant cooling breezes funnelling down from various river valleys that weave their way through the region. In addition to these cooling breezes, we also have elevation on our side, which ranges from around 200m to 500m above sea level, so altitude gives a good diurnal range in temperatures, so warm days and cool nights. Finally, the area receives a relatively high amount of rainfall, upwards 1000mm of rainfall per year. And in terms of soils, this area is dominated by mostly calcareous clays and marls, which have very good water holding capacity. This wine is coming a single vineyard site, the estate's La Rocca Vineyard in the village of Roccatederighi. The is a 12-ha vineyard that was originally planted by a Swiss couple back in the 1980s, with a nod to the super Tuscans of the era they planted Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese. Today, from these original plantings, it is the Cabernet Franc, which represents about the majority of the plantings, about 4 hectares, and a tiny less than 1ha parcel of Merlot, remain. A testament to how well Cabernet Franc has adapted to this particular vineyard and area. The vineyard is about 30km east of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the region of Bolgheri is about 40km to the northwest. It is shaped like natural amphitheatre with south-southwest exposure at about 550-600m above sea level. The soils are rich, calcareous-clays that are relatively shallow, and the topsoil and subsoil are quite stony with a mix of schistous stones and palombini limestone stones. The Cabernet Franc was planted in the early 1980s, with clone 214 and they were planted at a relatively high density, about 8000 vines/ha. The vineyard is farmed biodynamically with cover crops and biodynamic preparations. They will also perform shoot thinning and green harvesting throughout, and they also use a technique of canopy managements that involves wrapping the top of the canopy around an additional wire, rather than clipping or hedging. In terms of winemaking, the fruit is all hand-harvest, and mostly destemmed and crushed, leaving about 10% whole cluster. The fermentation takes place in concrete vats with indigenous yeast. The total time on skins is about 20 days, and they will do just one pump over per day during that time. The wine is aged in a combination 80% concrete and the 20% is aged 5000L oak foudres for about 6 months, they then blend these two and age everything in concrete for another 6 months, before bottling. Finally, the wine ages in bottle about 2 years prior to release. 0:00 Intro 1:18 Ampeleia today 1:46 Maremma - growing environment 3:25 Maremma - soils 4:06 Maremma - grape varieties 5:03 Alta Maremma 7:10 Ampeleia - vineyard and terroir 8:57 Ampeleia - vineyard selection 10:09 Winemaking 11:24 Tasting notes -------------------- Originally posted to Instagram September 30, 2024. -------------------- Key wine facts below: Producer: Ampeleia Region: Maremma Subzone: Colline Metallifere Grossetane (Alta Maremma) Appellation: IGT Toscana Municipality: Roccatederighi Soil: Shallow calcareous-clay with schistous stones and palombini limestone stones throughout Alcohol: 13.0% --------------------- FOLLOW ME:   / cabfrancchronicles   #cabfranc #cabernetfranc #cabfrancchronicles #cabfrancdujour #ampeleia #tuscanwine #italianwine