NIGRA
Designation: Salento IGP
Grape varieties: Negroamaro
Alcohol by volume: 13,5%
Oenologist: Goffredo Agostini – Gruppo Matura
VINEYARD CHARACTERISTICS
Production:?Secl? (Lecce)
Year of planting:?2005
Exposure: east
Altitude: 76 MSL
Soil type: medium-textured, with higher proportion of clay.
Plant density: 4000-4500 plants per ha.
Training system: spurred cordon (m 2,2 x 1).
Vintage period:?mid-September.
Method of harvesting: hand picking in small baskets.
Grape yield: 12 t/ha
Wine yield: 90 hl/ha
VINIFICATION AND AGING
Pressing:?crusher/destemmer
Fermentation:?stainless steel tanks.
Fermentation temperature:?27?C
Fermentation time and maceration with skin contact: 20 days
Malolactic fermentation:?spontaneous in steel tanks.
Aging:?12 months in steel tanks.
