vigna Pianali IS A PRECIOUS AREA OF OUR ESTATE. THE VOLCANIC ROCKS, OR SAN VINCENZO VOLCANITES, FOUND THROUGHOUT OUR ESTATE ARE EVEN MORE PROMINENT HERE. NUMEROUS WHITE PEBBLES IN FACT LIE BETWEEN THE ROWS OF CABERNET FRANC.
THE AREA, ALREADY LISTED IN THE LEOPOLD LAND REGISTER OF 1765, IS PARTICULARLY SUITED TO VITICULTURE, BOTH BECAUSE OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE SOIL AND THE GENEROUS CLIMATE. THE BREEZES THAT BLOW IN FROM THE SEA, THE ALTITUDE AND THE WESTERN EXPOSURE CREATE A UNIQUE MICRO-CLIMATE.
WITHIN VIGNA PIANALI WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AN EVEN MORE SUITABLE AREA. BY STUDYING THE SOILS, WITH TESTS IN THE VARIOUS VINEYARD PLOTS, ROWS OF VINES WITH INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL EMERGED.
DESCENDING TOWARDS THE SEA, IN THE FOOTHILLS AREA, WE FIND THE SEGMENTI VINEYARD. THE NAME IS ACTUALLY USED MAINLY FOR BUSINESS CONVENIENCE; IT IS NOT A TOPONYM BUT DERIVES FROM THE SHAPE OF THE VINEYARD. HERE THE SOILS ARE STILL RICH IN SAN VINCENZO RHYOLITES, BUT THE RED SANDS OF THE VAL DI GORI ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE. CULTIVATED WITH VERMENTINO, THEY GIVE LIFE TO BOLGHERI VERMENTINO DOC BOTRO DEI FICHIdoc botro dei fichi
