Castello Di Ama Gran Selezione La Casuccia

The La Casuccia vineyard covers 12.58 hectares six planted in 1978 and the rest in 2007. The plot has been terraced to improve aspecting and ensure more uniform ripening. La Casuccia is split into nine parcels of land and in the best vintages it is typically parcel numbers 49 46 and 45 which contribute to producing the limited quantities of this vineyard selection. HARVEST Climate: Frequent rains has characterized first months of 2013. The weather improved during the month of April with a rapid rise in temperature that has led the revival of vegetation. May cold as winter and rainy slowed all the work and the growth of vegetation that has been done about 15 days late. Summer finally came in the second half of July. Hot August days with beautiful light and sun. The first half of September was characterised by sunny days while the second part of the month the maximum temperatures are lowered leading to harvest the grapes early. Harvest was entirely by hand filling 10-12kg crates