1999 Tenimenti d' Alessandro, Bosco - Tuscany - 1 Double Magnum/Jeroboam (3.0L)

I Bosco is produced with only Syrah grapes, selected from the best
parts of three hillside vineyards planted in 1993, 1995 and 1999.
Very intense, clear and concentrated; complex and earthy texture of ground
coffee, cocoa bean (mocha) , wooden Tuscan cigar box, fresh mint;
red fruits and Mediterranean herbs and flowers.
Toscana IGT
Syrah
Manzano hills, Cortona / 290-300m a. s. l.

total 3,5 hectares / 1993, 1995, 1997
M 7,500-9,000 plants
per hectare / cordon spur
clay—limestone
T first ten days of September
30-45 days of skin contact, fermentation
in oak (2/3 whole bunch)
24 months in used oak (34HL barrels and barriques) ;
12-18 months in bottle
15. 000 bottles, 100 magnums and 50 jeroboams
first vintage 1992