Very healthy Sangiovese grapes from the vineyards of Tenuta Capezzine are used on mats for six months dried protected under the roof. Reduces volume Focus on a quarter. The one from the shriveled berries The grape juice obtained is as thick as honey and just as sweet. In small oak barrels (caratelli), the must ferments and matures for about ten years. An important part This process is the so-called “madre”, a sediment from yeasts and bacteria. She is of undetermined age, Well over a hundred years old anyway. From a hundred kilos At the end of the day, grapes barely exceed five liters of occhio di Pernice: an elixir that is thick and beguiling for the nose and palate.