GRAPE VARIETY: SYRAH 100% AREA OF PRODUCTION: CASTIGLIONE IN TEVERINA VINEYARD SURFACE: 20 HA VINEYARD ALTITUDE: 300 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL SOIL TYPE: SANDY, MEDIUM TEXTURE TRAINING SYSTEM: SPURRED CORDON VINE DENSITY: 5,000 PER HECTARE PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 75 Q.LI GRAPE YIELD IN WINE: 65% AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 13 YEARS
THE GRAPES AND THE VINEYARD With the aim of obtaining a wine that could best represent the great potential of the Lazio vineyard we decided to focus our attention on the Syrah variety. The care of the individual vines, with particular reference to the training system and production control, allow us to obtain grapes of great balance, both from a sugar and phenolic point of view. VINIFICATION Immediately after the harvest and subsequent pressing, the grapes are sent to a cold pre-maceration phase for 4 or 5 days at a temperature of 18-20°C. This technique best enhances the natural freshness and fragrance of the fruit. Fermentation then continues at a temperature of 25-27°C. Once alcoholic fermentation is complete, the wine is put into wood where malolactic fermentation also takes place. THE WINE A wine with an intense colour with violet reflections, the bouquet is exalted by its scents of fresh fruit, cherry with spicy notes that blend with great balance and elegance with those of vanilla and sweetness given by the wood. The taste is enveloping, silky, with soft tannins and a rich, persistent finish.
HARVEST TIME: SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER VINIFICATION: MACERATION ON THE SKINS ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION: IN STAINLESS STEEL FOR 14 DAYS MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: FULLY CARRIED OUT ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13.85%. TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.15 GR/LT DRY EXTRACT: 32.60 GR/LT PH: 3.60