Cantico - Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC

Grapes: 100% Montepulciano

Production Area: Torino di Sangro

Exposure and Altitude: Plateau; 200 meters above sea level

Type of soil: Dark medium-textured

Training system: Espalier 1,30m x 2,50m, spurred cordon

Plant density: 3500 stumps per hectare

Harvest period: From 5th to 10th October (variable data)

Maceration: With thermo-conditioned Ganimede system ; maceration temperature 28-30 ° C; duration of maceration 15 days

Fermentation: When the barriques are filled, malolactic fermentation is triggered; racking after 15 days of completed malolactic fermentation.

Refinement: Permanence in medium toasted French oak barriques for 12/13 months; room conditioned by temperature and humidity; decanting and topping up during the whole period.

Alcohol: 14.0%

Organoleptic characteristics: Intense ruby ​​red color; typical hints of cherry, blackberry, spices and licorice; velvety, excellent structure and rightly tannic

Food Matching: Accompanies savory first courses with sauce and structured second courses of meat and fish; also excellent with long aged hard cheeses. Serve at 18-20 ° C