Soil composition |
Marl and sandstones. Hilly with east and south-east exposure, and a part of level land with the lines of the vineyards in North-South direction. |
Cultivation system |
Guyot and spurred cordon. |
Yield per hectare |
1,5 kg of grape per plant. |
Harvest |
Harvested by hand in boxes of 10 kgs. |
Vinification |
De-stemming and soft crushing. Then the wine is immediatly cooling to 7-8 °C. 6 hours of maceration at low temperature. Racking and housing cold for 4 days; After started the alcoholic fermentation. |
Ageing |
The 10% of the wine fermented and aged in oak barrels of 1500 liters with battonage every 10 days, while the remaining 90% fermented and aged in steel tanks with battonage every 20 days. After eight months the two parts are joined together and bottling. |