Description
Vineyard
Property Tenuta San Jacopo
Area 10 hectares;
Altitude 300 mt. a.s.l.;
Exposure south;
Density 5650 plants/ha;
Training system Spurred cordon;
Vineyard average age 6 years
Vinification and ageing
Yield 5 tons per hectare
Harvest time early October
Picking grapes are hand picked and carried in 20kg-cases;
Pressing soft pressing with immediate pumping of the juice to the vats. 2 days at low temperature before introducing selected yeasts;
Fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for about 25-30 days;
Fermentation Temperature 28/30°C; Malolactic fermentation: complete;
Ageing stainless steel tanks for 24 months
Bottle ageing 6 months; N° of bottles: 20.000