This is the project that enabled the birth of everything else. The challenge of a wine that would represent to the world the finest that Bolgheri could produce. Right from its initial vintage in 2003, a contemporary symbol of Italian winemaking.
48% Cabernet Sauvignon
45%
Merlot
7% Cabernet Franc
Vineyards & Terroir
This superb vineyard reaches 200 metres’ elevation, then swoops downwards from the hilltop towards the coast. This is the most extensive vineyard area, some 40 hectares in all, with the estate’s first plantings, in 2000. The rocky, claylimestone soils produce very impressive wine quality.
160-200 meters a.s.l.
Marl and shale with intercalation of sandstone and siliceous rocks
North / Northwest / West / Southwest / South
7,500 vines/hectare
60 quintals/hectare
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Winemaking process
Harvest method: manual Fermentation and maceration: 25 days at controlled temperature of 28-30°C, in stainless steel tanks Malolactic fermentation: in 225l French oak barrels Maturation: 14-16 months in 225-litre French oak barrels Bottle ageing: 12 months
2020 Growing Season
General climate trend turned out to be satisfying despite the particularly dry year that only experienced rain from mid-May onwards. The weather during summer was regular and dry, without excessively high temperatures and only a thunderstorm by the end of August that brought 40 mm of rain, which became fundamental for the final stage of grape maturation.
2020 Harvest Notes
Harvest began in the second week of September and was distinguished by the fast gathering of perfectly ripe and healthy grapes, which were brought to the cellar between one rainy day and another. The second half of September experienced sudden changes: average temperature was below 20°C and rain has also fallen, an unusual phenomenon to witness along the Bolgheri coast. To prevent the rain from altering the rich characteristics of the grapes, the harvest of Merlot – especially in the highest sections of Argentiera – was hastened to bring perfectly ripe and balanced grapes to the cellar. The rain has not damaged the grapes, which have immediately expressed delicate aromas and exceptional elegance, revealing characteristics that are strikingly different from those harvested at the beginning of September. Waiting for the perfect polyphenolic maturity of the Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc led to harvesting abundant grapes towards the end of September, endowed with remarkable fruit.
The resulting wines are characterized by a great balance and harmony between tannins, acidity and aromas. A well-balanced and long-lived vintage.
Argentiera bears the fragrances of every season of the year: from that initial taste of summer’s dry heat, to winter’s cool touch of pungent balsam hidden amidst the tannins. A wine whose ceaseless, protean energy finds a masterful equilibrium, the sapient product of a process born and completed in nature, and whose innate strength is the primal force of life itself.
Ventaglio
Toscana IGT
Villa Donoratico
Bolgheri DOC Rosso
Poggio ai Ginepri
Eco di Mare
Toscana IGT Vermentino
I Pianali
Toscana IGT Rosato
Argentiera Srl - P.IVA 04964100483 - Via Aurelia 412/A, Località I Pianali - 57022 Castagneto Carducci, Livorno, Italia
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