TERRE DI GIOBBE

Description

Main vineyard data
Soil: clay-sand
Vineyard: Giobbe and Fraticelli
Size: 1,5 hectares
Density:3500 plants/hectare
Age: 25 years
Growth method: cordon-trained
Altitude:245 m
Aspect: South-West
Average yield: 1,5-2 kg/plants
Organically produced grapes.
The vineyards are grass covered all year round and fertilized by leguminous cover crops and organic fertilizer.

Fermentation, maturation and ageing
Grapes hand-picked in crates and crushed and stemmed immediately. Light pressing of the bunches.
Alcoholic fermentation for 18/20 days at controlled temperature < 28-30 °C in stainless steel tank with indigenous yeasts with repeated light pumping-over of must, and delestage.
Spontaneous malolactic fermentation.
Matured with lees sediment in stainless steel for 7 months, then refined in oak casks for one year. Ageing in bottle for 12 months.

Principal analytical data at bottling
Total alcohol: 13.5%
Total acidity: 5,1 g/l
pH: 3,65
Volatile acidity: 0,40 g/l
Total sulphur dioxide: 60 mg/l (AIAB organic association limit for organic wine is 60 mg/l max, respect to the limit of 100 mg/l accepted in “organic wine EU rules” and 150 mg/l for conventional wine).
Dry extract: 28,9 g/l

Sensory profile
Intense ruby red colour, with violet overtones, a mature red fruit aroma with blackberry and plum to the fore. A sweet soft flavour, long-lasting and harmonious appealing in the mouth. Not filtered may contain sediment.

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