Owner: Hideyuki Miyakawa.

Estate vineyards:10ha. Views of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. Hill slopes, poor soil, the best are above the vines of Montepeloso. Bulichella’s olive groves and vineyards are typical of the Tuscan Maremma. There is a small lake on the property.

Organic certification: 1984 Started conversion. 1986 First vintage with full organic certification

White wines

Toscana Bianco, Bulì: Vermentino:

Val di Cornia Bianco, Tuscanio Bianco: 2003 100% Vermentino. Short time in barrel. 1,600 bottles. | 2012 Decent acidity and body in a modern style (Vinitaly 2013).

Red wines

Val di Cornia Rosso, Coldipietrerosse: 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc. 22 months in barrel. | 2001 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot. 2,700 bottles. Quite a bit of new oak but lots of really clear fresh black fruit too, and with a texture that is not always inherent in the rest of the line-up here today (Bolgheri wine route office, 22 Feb 2005).

Val di Cornia Suvereto Sangiovese, Rubino: 2002 Produced. | 2003 85% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. 12,000 bottles. | 2011 50% Sangiovese, 25% each Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. 50% of the blend aged in old oak for 6 months. Well made gloopy black fruit and splintery wood (Vinitaly 2013).

Val di Cornia Suvereto Sangiovese, Tuscanio Rosso: Stainless steel vats, controlled temperature of 28°-30°C. 12 months in 225-litre French oak barriques in which, depending on vintage, the malolactic fermentation takes place. | 2000 €13.20 from the estate in 2004. | 2000 90% Sangiovese, 10% Merlot. 6,000 bottles. Nice porty and green salad nose; tannins a bit dry in this one; and perhaps a bit too long on the skins I think; but decent (Bolgheri wine route office 22 Feb 2005).

Toscana Rosso, Bulì: 2002 €4.90 from the estate in 2004.

Aleatico, Sfiziale: 2012 Well made, balanced, clean, bit of wild fruit plus lipstick and granny’s handbag (Vinitaly 9th April 2013).

Other products: Grappa, apricot and prune jams, orange marmalade, honey and vegetable concentrate, the “Settegusti” (or seven tastes). Maize, wheat, chickpeas and spelt are also grown. Also extra virgin olive oil (stone-milled).

Contact

Az Ag Bulichella

Localita Bulichella, 31

57028 Suvereto (LI), Italy

Tel+39 0565.829892 Website: www.bulichella.it