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Vineyard: Santa Caterina, Sarzana (SP). Area: 0,8 hectares. Average age of the plants 15 years
Pruning and average productivness per palnt: Pruning Guyot. Average yield per plant: 1,6 kg.
Vine density: about 4.000 plants per hectare.
Soil and subsoil: red clay.
Vinification: stripping, and crushing with light sulphite treatment, natural fermentation start, mecration of about 15 days with delicate pumpovers, ageing in steel and bottling with slight filtering. Sulphites: in average: SO2 frees 15 milligrams/litre; SO2 total <50 milligrams/litre 
Type of bottle and top: “Bordolese” bottle with cork top

Our vineyards are situate in the municipality of Bolano, in the locality of Tirolo, where Liguria and Tuscany meet. In this area, up unitll 2003, there were woods of chestnuts and oak trees, nowadays there are terraces with about 6,000 Vermentino plants  in production since 2007.  
The Portolano is made at an altitude of 240- 300 metres. 
The grapes are vinified in steel barrels at a controlled temperature, and the company uses a soft pressing process in order to crush the grapes as soon as they arrive in the cellar. 
Afterwards the wine is aged in steel, filtered, in order to enter the market the following spring.