MAUVAIS CHAPON Metodo Classico spumante

Greve in Chianti
Owners Counts Capponi since 1524
Farming Organic
Total size of estate 200 hectares with 27 hectares in vineyard
Altitude 280 m
Soil Deeper soils with a higher presence of sand and clay
in the lowers slopes towards the Greve River. On the
higher grounds, shallower, silty and rocky soils,
in particular “galestro”.
Composition 100% Sangiovese
Planted date 1959 - 1975
No. plants per hectare 4.000 - 6.000
Cultivation system Spur pruned cordon, Gobelet and Guyot
No. treatments per year 6 - 9
Quintals of grapes per hectare 70
Produced wine per quintal 40%
Harvest Manual, end of August
Tirage date 2015-03-19
Disgorgement date 2018-04-20
Fermentation 5 hl stainless steel tanks
Days of alcoholic fermentation 8
Max. temperature in fermentation 20°
Rackings between containers 2
Filtration type 0.45 micron
Sugar percentage at harvest 16 brix
Total acidity in bottle 10.00 gr/l
Total content of sulfur dioxide 70 mg/l
Total content of free sulfur dioxide 25 mg/l
Alcoholic percentage 11%
Ph 3.00
Bottle type and size Champenoise Modernise (835 gr.) 75 cl
Cork size 48 x 30,5
No. bottles per case 6