Canaiolo
A genuine and versatile wine, born in the hills of San Gimignano. Our Canaiolo expresses the purity of an ancient grape variety, with a delicate and surprising profile, perfect for accompanying everyday meals with authenticity and taste.
Tasting Notes
Canaiolo presents an intense purple color and a fruity aromatic profile: ripe blackberry, rose petals, a hint of black pepper. On the palate, it is soft and enveloping, with elegant and velvety tannins. A balanced wine, suitable for both casual drinking and refined food pairings.
Food Pairings
Vegetable risottos, Tuscan soups, braised white meats, boiled meats, typical cold cuts, hunter-style rabbit. Also excellent with semi-aged cheeses and flavorful vegetarian dishes.
Why Choose It
Canaiolo is the ideal wine for those who love “balance”. Not too structured, but capable of offering a complete, smooth, and harmonious tasting experience. Perfect for accompanying everyday meals, it stands out for its easy pairing ability and its authentic character of Tuscan tradition.
Technical Characteristics
- Denomination: Tuscany IGT Red “Canaiolo”
- Grape variety: Canaiolo
- Production area: San Gimignano (Tuscany)
- Soil: Pliocene clay
- Altitude: 210-280 m above sea level
- Microclimate: Humid in winter/spring, hot and dry in summer
- Planting density: 4,500 vines/ha
- Yield: 65 hl/ha
- Training system: Spurred cordon. Partial grass cover, green pruning, manual grape selection
- Harvest: Manual, with grape selection
- Vinification: Traditional red wine fermentation at controlled temperature of 25°C with pumping over and punching down.
- Aging: minimum 1 month in bottle
- Alcohol content: 13% vol
- Serving temperature: 18°C
