Villa le Piazzole

Villa le Piazzole - The Vineyards

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Villa le Piazzole
I Vigneti

The Territory

The Territory

The Chianti region is one of the world symbols of Tuscany.

On its hills bordered with woods and still rich of game, knights rode, artists strolled, numberless generations of farmers worked hard but cleverly to establish one of the best examples of perfect symbiosis between man and his dwelling places in history. The variety of soils, ranging from barren clay to glacial marl, from volcanic sediments to gypsum deposits and to the typical “galestro” rock, results into wines endowed with a unique personality, also shaped by constant air breezes and continuous temperature changes.

Villa Le Piazzole is located on one of its northernmost ends, where the hills stretch towards the city, almost beleaguering it and creating a sort of rural outpost right in the city centre, in a unique replication of the late middle-age ambiance.

A section of the cellar, with its local stone vault, bears evidence of its almost millenary existence, and is still used for the bottle ageing of our wines.

The Vineyards

Name:
Pino di Sotto
Location:
Florence
Surface area:
1 hectare
Mean altitude:
200 m above sea level
Exposure:
To the west
Soil characteristics:
Mostly clayey with lots of sediments derived from the breakdown of the Chianti sandstone.
Planting year:
1996
Training style:
Cordon
Pruning system:
In spurs
Planting density:
5000 plants/hectare
Harvesting period:
First ten days of September for chardonnay, second ten days of September for pinot blanc, November for malvasia, December for grechetto and trebbiano.

Name:
Vigna Nuova
Location:
Florence
Surface area:
1.5 hectares
Mean altitude:
200 m above sea level
Exposure:
To the west
Soil characteristics:
Mostly clayey with lots of sediments derived from the breakdown of the Chianti sandstone.
Planting year:
2002
Training style:
Spurre Cordon
Pruning system:
In spurs
Planting density:
5000 plants/hectare
Harvesting period:
Between the 1st and the 2nd ten days of September for merlot, from the 3rd ten days of September to the 1st ten days of October for sangiovese, 1st ten days of October for cabernet sauvignon.