The products
The natural rhythm of doing. Our products have to do with time.
The time that our hands take to care for the earth with dedication and constancy.
The time that wood takes to release its aromas to wine. The time that builds the experience in our artisan production.
The weather and seasons that bring the scents we capture in our wine and oil each year. We are committed to interpreting what nature suggests to us.
OUR WINES
CHIANTI RUFINA DOCG ANNATA
90% Sangiovese, 10% Canaiolo, Colorino and Malvasia Rossa
Producer: Paolo Ponticelli
First Vintage: 2006
Vineyard: the vineyards extend for about 7 hectares at an altitude of about 300/400 meters. The soil, mainly clay, calcareous and with a large percentage of rocks and stones, is ideal for the growth of the vine and its proper drainage. The vineyards have almost all been replanted from 1999 to today, at an average of 4,800 plants per hectare.
Harvest: October, hand selected grapes.
Yield per hectare: approximately 60/70 quintals per hectare.
Vinification: traditional. About 20 days of maceration on the skins with three daily pump overs. Fermentation takes place in steel tanks at controlled temperatures.
Aging: in cement and barriques for a period of about 18 months. Bottle aging for six months.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Production: around 10,000/15,000 bottles per year.
CHIANTI RUFINA DOCG RISERVA
100% Sangiovese, 10% Canaiolo, Colorino and Malvasia Rossa
Producer: Paolo Ponticelli
First Vintage: 2011
Vineyard: the vineyards extend for about 7 hectares at an altitude of about 300/400 meters. The soil, mainly clay, calcareous and with a large percentage of rocks and stones, is ideal for the growth of the vine and its proper drainage. The vineyards have almost all been replanted from 1999 to today, at an average of 4,800 plants per hectare.
Harvest: October, hand selected grapes.
Yield per hectare: about 40/50 quintals per hectare.
Vinification: traditional. About 20 days of maceration on the skins with three daily pump overs. Fermentation takes place in steel tanks at controlled temperatures.
Aging: 24 months in 25hl oak barrels. Bottle aging for six months.
Alcohol: 14%
Production: about 5,000 bottles, only in the best years after a careful selection of the best Sangiovese grapes.
IGT TOSCANO BIANCO PETTINARINGHE
60% Vermentino, 20% Trebbiano, 20% Malvasia bianca
Producer: Paolo Ponticelli
First Vintage: 2018
Vineyard: the vineyards extend for about 7 hectares at an altitude of about 300/400 meters. The soil, mainly clay, calcareous and with a large percentage of rocks and stones, is ideal for the growth of the vine and its proper drainage. The vineyards have almost all been replanted from 1999 to today, at an average of 4,800 plants per hectare.
Harvest: October, hand selected grapes.
Yield per hectare: about 60/70 quintals per hectare.
Vinification: soft pressing of the grapes, fermentation in cement.
Aging: concrete.
Alcohol: 12.5%
Production: about 1,000 bottles.
IGT TOSCANO ADDIACCIO
90% Sangiovese 10% merlot
Producer: Paolo Ponticelli
First Vintage: 2015
Vineyard: the vineyards extend for about 7 hectares at an altitude of about 300/400 meters. The soil, mainly clay, calcareous and with a large percentage of rocks and stones, is ideal for the growth of the vine and its proper drainage. The vineyards have almost all been replanted from 1999 to today, at an average of 4,800 plants per hectare.
Harvest: end of October, hand selected grapes.
Yield per hectare: about 40/50 quintals per hectare.
Vinification: traditional. About 20 days of maceration on the skins with three daily pump overs. Fermentation takes place in steel tanks at controlled temperatures.
Aging: in 5 hl tonneaux and cement. Aging in the bottle for at least six months.
Alcohol: 14%
Production: about 3,000 bottles, only in the best years.
ADDIACCIO, A LEAP OF GENIUS
OLIVE OIL
EXTRAVIRGIN ITALIAN OLIVE OIL
Harvest 2019/2020
Producer: Paolo Ponticelli
Typology: Superior category olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means. Produced with olives harvested and pressed in Italy.
Contact
+39 347 1891311
podereilbalzo@alice.it
Azienda agricola Podere il Balzo, via del Poggiolo, 12, 50068, Rufina (FI)
P.IVA: 04600840484