Type |
White late harvest dessert wine dessert wine |
Grape varieties |
30% Petit Manseng, 30% Viognier, 20% Fiano, 20% Greco |
Harvest |
The late harvest falls at different times depending on the variety: you get to the end of October for the Petit Manseng, in order to obtain well dried grapes, dehydrated by the sea breeze. The sugar content of the grapes reaches on average 30-32 ° Babo, approximately 18 ° of potential alcohol. The grapes are collected in boxes of 10 kg and placed intact in a press in order to extract only gently the most concentrated part of the juice, free of solid parts, with a yield of grape must into just 30%. |
Vinification |
The fermentation takes place spontaneously in stainless steel tanks at a temperature of around 18 ° C. |