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The "Round vineyard" is an experimental vineyard designed
to establish to what extent the quality of a wine is
influenced by the density of planting and the type
of rootstock.
The vineyard has the topology of a flattened cone
with training lines departing radially from the apex
of the cone and spaced with distances ranging from
3m 50 to 1m 20 . It is composed of a total of 90
lines, one every 4°, and 34 vines each planted one
metre apart starting from an empty central circle
with a radius of 18 metres. There are 6 rootstocks
organised in 15 repeated blocks and from these are
derived a continuous variety of densities from 2,000
to 8,500 vines per hectare giving 192 possible
experimental beds. The result is a land management
system which does not take into consideration the
single lines but the various segments each uniformly
differentiated by number of buds and production from
the centre to the periphery. Consequently, the
harvest is carried out by segment and the
vinification of the various beds is separately
executed in small wooden vats. |
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Fattoria Le Capezzine:
Round vineyard |
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