Soil composition |
Red Mediterranean soil very rich of siliceous-cal-careous fine gravel (up to a depth of 6 meters), and a clay-limestone soil (for the following 2 meters depth); very rich of humus. |
Cultivation system |
Free standing espalier (controspalliera libera in Italian), from Rudolf Steiner’s book “The philosophy of freedom”. |
Harvest |
Hand-picking grapes, first 10 days of October, grapes dried on vines. |
Vinification |
After destemming and soft crushing grapes, must fer-ments spontaneously thanks to a pied de cuve of native yeasts, the only ones which increase the expression of our Terroir. After 8 mon-ths of maceration with the skins, at the end of alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, wine is soft pressed in order to separate it from grape skins. Natural fining and stabilization, no fining agents added. No filtration. |
Ageing |
18 months in steel tank, then 24 months in large wooden barrel, and at least 8 months in bottle. Very low amount of sulphur dioxide added before bottling. |
Pairing |
Red meat main courses, cold cuts, sausages and semi-hard cheeses. |
On offer |
Price Archetipo Primitivo Mistico 2016 £ 25.92
inc VAT
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