Description
A modern and versatile wine, it owes its soft fragrance to Merlot and its freshness and complexity to Sangiovese. The name "L'U" is given by the initial letters of "L'Umbria", the same as Lungarotti: once again underlining the strong link with our land.
Details
                        
                              Perfume 
                          
                            
                        
                              Color 
                          
                            
                        
                              Taste 
                              
                            
                          
                            
                              
                                
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
                        Pairings
- Start up year: 1962
 - Oenologist: Vincenzo Pepe (consulenti Christophe Ollivier e Lorenzo Landi)
 - Bottles produced: 2.500.000
 - Hectares: 250
 
                        
                        
                        | Name | Lungarotti L'Um Rosso 2020 | 
|---|---|
| Type | Red still | 
| Denomination | Umbria IGT | 
| Vintage | 2020 | 
| Size | 0,75 l | 
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume | 
| Grape varieties | Merlot, Sangiovese | 
| Country | Italy | 
| Region | Umbria | 
| Vendor | Lungarotti | 
| Story | Label: The image is that of a "Satyr", taken from an eighteenth-century sanguine drawing by Gilles de Ville, kept at the Museo del Vino, Fondazione Lungarotti, Torgiano. | 
| Origin | Torgiano (PG). | 
| Soil composition | Medium-textured, tending to clayey and deep for the Merlot vines, looser for the Sangiovese vines. | 
| Cultivation system | Cordon trained. | 
| Plants per hectare | 4,000-5,000. | 
| Yield per hectare | 9,500kg/ h. | 
| Harvest | Merlot and Sangiovese harvested between mid and late September. | 
| Fermentation temperature | 26 °C | 
| Wine making | Fermented in stainless steel at controlled temperature (26 °C) with short maceration, daily pumping over and racking after 18 days. | 
| Aging | 8 0 months in barrique and then in bottle before release. | 
| Allergens | Contains sulphites | 
    
    
