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Memento Orcia DOC Riserva | Le Buche

Vintage

2015

 42.00

Memento Riserva is a rich and enveloping, intense Sangiovese and Syrah blend that offers aromas of cherries and plums with notable dried herbs and pepper. An aged and structured wine with a persistent finish that leaves a distinct sense of its long barrel aging with lingering notes of spices.

Producer: Le Buche

GRAPES: 60% Sangiovese, 40% Syrah

Region: Tuscany
Area: Sarteano, Siena
Altitude: 430m asl

Vineyards: Spur-trained cordon vines
Yield: 45HL/ha
Soil: clay and sandy soils with pebbles

Harvest: manual harvest in early October after drastic thinning of the bunches and careful selection on two conveyors
Fermentation: seperately for each varietal in stainless steel tanks with 25-30 days maceration on the skins
Ageing: the Syrah ages for 12 months in French barrique barrels whereas the Sangiovese is aged for the same time in French oak wood tonneau; they are then blended together and aged for another 12months in barrels
Refining: 12 months of bottle refinement before market release

Alcohol: 14.5%

Color: Intense ruby red colour
Nose: Plums and spices, particularly pepper are characteristic of the Syrah whereas the Sangiovese adds notes of dried cherry