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Vermentino “Boboli”

Appellation: COLLI DI LUNI VERMENTINO DOC Zone: () Cru: Vigneto Boboli extension (hectares): 1.6 Blend: 90% Vermentino - 10% di Candia Vineyard age (year of planting): Vermentino 1914,2003 - Malvasia di Candia 1914,2003 Soil Type: Sandstone that crumbles in the sun Exposure: South-east Altitude: 168 meters above sea level Colour: Intense straw yellow Nose: notes of honey, citrus fruit, grapefruit and flint Flavour: sapid, mineral and persistent Serving temperature (°C): 11 Match with: John Dory fish in the oven with potatoes, grilled fish and fish cooked in the oven with a salt crust, shellfish, pasta and rice dishes with seafood Average no. bottles/year: 7,000 Alcohol %: n/a yield per hectare tons: 8 Vinification and ageing: The clusters are destemmed and Notes: The vines of the higher part (about 3,000 square crushed. White vinification in steel with temperature control. meters) are 100 years old and are prephylloxera (they Cold with the skins at 6 degrees Celsius for 6 hours are ungrafted). in order to extract aroma (Vermentino is a non aromatic grape variety). Soft . The must is decanted by flotation. Af- ter approximately 6 hours the must is racked off. The alcoholic fermentation lasts for 15 days. The is racked off at the end of the fermentation. No . The wine matures on the lees in steel and bâtonnages are carried out till February. During the maturation period the whole mass of the wine gradually rotates for a month in 10 hectolitre Slavonian casks and is then racked back into steel. The wine is then racked and it is filtered only before being bottled.

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Estate History The province of La Spezia, in the southern part of Liguria and right on the border with , is where the Vermentino grape finds particularly favourable conditions. Azienda Giacomelli is in the commune of Castelnuovo Magra between the Apuan Alps and the Tyrrenian sea. This location has a special microclimate due to the cool winds from the mountains and the influence of the sea. In fact it is cool at night and warm during the day. The composition of the soil varies a lot: sandstone, sand, clay, skeletal soils, red soils rich in iron. This makes the particularly mineral, sapid and with hydrocarbon notes also because, when it is windy, the salt from the sea is carried to the . The grandfather of Roberto Petacchi, the present owner, established the estate in 1915 where wine, oil and vegetables were produced, it was a typical farm of Liguria. In 1993 Roberto, who has had a passion for agriculture since he was a little boy, took the helm and concentrated on and wine making. He gradually selected, purchased and replanted 8 hectares of vineyards, mainly with Vermentino, in the best and historical locations of Castelnuovo and of Ortonovo which were added to the existing 3 hectares (planted with Vermentino, Malvasia, and Canaiolo). The vineyards are tended like a garden and respect for the environment is imperative. They are not close together, but they are scattered over the areas of Castelnuovo and Ortonovo. This is typical of Liguria where properties are quite fragmented. Each vineyard has a very distinctive character and the are vinified separately. Roberto makes two single vineyard Colli di Luni Vermentino DOC, a Colli di Luni Rosso DOC, and three Liguria di Levante IGT (red, white and rosato) for a total production of 70,000-80,000 bottles/year.

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