Soil composition |
Marl and sandstones. Hilly with East and South-east exposure, and partly flat with North-South direction of the vineyard rows. |
Cultivation system |
Guyot and spurred cordon. |
Yield per hectare |
1,5 kg of grape per plant. |
Harvest |
By hand in boxes of 10 kgs. |
Vinification |
De-stemming and soft crushing. Then the wine is immediatly cooled to 7-8 °C. 6 hours of maceration at low temperature. Racking and cold stabilsation for 4 days, followed by racking of the cleaned must and the start of alcoholic fermentation. |
Ageing |
10% of the wine is fermented and aged in oak barrels of 1500 liters with battonage every 10 days, while the remaining 90% is fermented and aged in steel tanks with battonage every 20 days. After 8 months the two parts are joined together and bottled. |