PRODUCTION AREA Contrada Macellarotto in Camporeale countryside

SOIL hilly, with sandy loam and good presence of skeleton

ALTITUDE 500 metres above sea level

YEAR OF PLANTING 1992

TRAINING SYSTEM counter-espalier with Guyot pruning

VITICULTURE vvineyard management in accordance with organic farming principles and bunch thinning during pre-veraison

PLANTS PER HECTARE 3.500

YIELD 40 quintals per hectare

HARVEST manual picking in the early morning and transfer to the cellar in small 8 kg. crates

FERMENTATION whole grapes are pressed softly within a few hours of picking and after 24 hours of settling their fermentation is carried out at 15 °C

AGEING in steel tanks on the lees for at 10°C for 6 months with weekly stirring, then 2 months in bottle prior to release

COLOUR straw yellow with bright greenish reflections

ON THE NOSE complex mineral notes with clear floral hints such as orange blossom, chamomile, hay and herbs

ON THE PALATE well balanced and characterised by great freshness, along with good structure and a pleasant sapid finish.