Il Borro Rosso Toscana

At Il Borro we strive for perfection in our vineyards making wines that draw their inspiration from our precious terroir. By selecting only the finest grapes we create wines of great depth and enduring satisfaction. Il Borro wines are like the first born child well behaved and refined wines which never disappoin. The vineyards are planted at a density of 4.500 vines per hectare and at an average height of 300 metres above sea level. The ‘Vendage’ (literally the harvesting of the grapes) takes place at the end of August. Each plant produces up to1 kg of grapes or 4500 kg of grapes per hectare yielding about 3 000 litres of wine. The grapes are harvested de-stemmed and sorted by hand and then pressed and gravity-fed into vinification tanks. Each variety of grape is processed individually. On the first day of fermentation during vinification 10 to 20% of the liquid is removed from the tanks to increase concentration. Maceration the process by which whole grapes are fermented i