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 plants per ha.
Training system: spurred cordon (m 2,2 x 1).
Vintage period:?beginning of September.
Method of harvesting: hand picking in small baskets.
Grape yield: 10 t/ha
Wine yield: 75 hl/ha
VINIFICATION AND AGING
Pressing:?crusher/destemmer
Fermentation:?stainless steel tanks.
Fermentation temperature:?27?C
Fermentation time and maceration with skin contact: 6-7 days
Malolactic fermentation:?spontaneous in steel tanks.
Aging:?15 months in steel tanks.
