Beschreibung
The Cortona Syrah Achelois produced on the Braccescaestate, an ancient farm of the Bracci counts from which both its name and its coat of arms derive: an armprotected by armorbrandishing a sword. Its 340 hectares are now owned by the Antinori family who have decided to make it an estate with twosouls, a union between the traditionof the Nobileof Montepulcianoand the innovationand emergence of the Syrahof Cortona. The cellar, completely underground, is divided into two rooms used as a barrel room and a vat room, and is equipped with cutting-edge technology that blends with traditional attention to allow the qualities of the past to adapt, evolve and express themselves in the future.
The Braccesca Cortona Achelois produced exclusively from Syrahgrapes, which find in the clayey-loamsoil of Cortona a perfect climate for cultivation, which tends to be dryand arid. After the harvest, the grapes are taken to the cellar for destemming and crushing, and the must is then transferred to special stainless steel tanks for pre-fermentation maceration, which takes place cold to enhance the fruity notes of Syrah. Fermentation, which takes place in the same tanks, occurs at a controlled temperature of 25°C for approximately 10 days. The aging is divided: 70% is transferred to second- and third-use French oak barriques where malolactic fermentation also takes place, while the remaining part is transferred to steel. Bottling takes place in the autumn of the year following the harvest.
The term Achelo is inspired by the God „Achelo„, present on the label and depicted in one of the most famous works of the EtruscanAcademy of Cortona.
