Commendatore IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi, Tasting notes:
Deep and classic Syrah notes
Commendatore IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi
Fermentation and maceration with the skins for more than 30 days in 10-hectolitre cement vats using indigenous yeasts naturally present in the cellar, malolactic fermentation in barriques immediately after racking, maturation in barriques for 18 months, ageing for 6 months in the bottle.
Le Capanne
Winemaker Gabriele Mazzeschi has eight hectares of vineyards cultivated with Sangiovese, Syrah, Trebbiano and Malvasia, with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Canaiolo. In addition to producing excellent wines, Gabriele Mazzeschi’s Le Capanne winery also grows around 6000 olive trees. The conditions are optimal, gravelly soil in the Tuscan hills at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level. The 6000 olive trees, of the classic Tuscan cultivars Frantoio Moraiolo and Leccino, are terraced on the gravelly soil at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level