Assiolo
Bolgheri DOC red wine
Elegant wine, with soft tannins well balanced by acidity, excellent with pasta sauce, poultry, medium-aged cheeses
Grape type: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Plant density: 2 mt x 0.80 mt
Orientation: East – West
Harvest: picking begins during the first ten days of september. Hand picking and selection in the vineyard and transport to the cellar in small (20 Kg) craves.
Wine making: fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature (28°/30°C) with a long maceration period (15/20 days) and the alternation of the wine to mantain a damp must in fermentation. This is done to enchance the extraction of natural colouring and noble tannin.
Rectification: takes place in stainless vats where the maleolactic fermentation cycle is completed.
Colour: bright ruby red, medium intensity.
Aroma: end of berries with a slightly mentholated.
Flavour: elegant, with soft tannins well balanced by acidity, excellent with pasta sauce, poultry, medium-aged cheeses.
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Serving temperature: 10 – 12°C
Alcol: 14%
Oenologist: Castelli Maurizio
