Aged in stainless steel tanks for 4 months, 3 of which are aged on the lees.
It is then aged in wooden barrels for two months.
Aged in bottle for 6 months.
Giusti e Zanza is a winery that is exploring the possibilities of new Tuscan wine in a completely new region, to compete with existing famous wine regions such as Chianti, Montalcino and Bolgheri.
Fauglia, located in the northwest of Tuscany, near Livorno and Pisa, is located on the left bank of the Arno River and has a climate similar to that of Bordeaux's Médoc.
In 1995, Paolo Giusti acquired the old cantina, which covers an area of 35 hectares.
The winery is run by three people: owner Paolo Giusti, a former architect; Monica Massoni, who has been helping Paolo for about 10 years; and enologist Paola Carella, who joined the company in 2009. They work closely with the vineyards and the grapes to make the wine.
We currently cultivate grapes on 17 hectares, and all fully ripe grapes are harvested by hand.
The soil is a mixture of sand, limestone and clay, with excellent drainage, which is key to the cantina's production of high-quality wine.
Fermentation is carried out for 18 to 21 days in cement tanks that are not temperature controlled in order to maintain natural conditions.
They also use their own unique ingenuity to remove the grape seeds during fermentation to reduce the bitterness of the wine.
Most of the aging takes place in French barrels.
It is currently featured on the wine lists of many top restaurants and has received high praise from various wine journalists and wine magazines.
Dulcamara, Belcore, Nemorino and Adine are named after the central characters in Gaetano Donizetti's opera "The Elixir of Love."
The wine label was designed by the late Ettore Sottsass, a master of Italian industrial design.
We have been certified organic since the 2015 vintage (except for Nemorino Bianco, EU organic certified, Suolo e Salute).