Characterization

• Red wine
• Quality: Aglianico del Vulture DOC
• Grape Variety: 100% Aglianico del Vulture
• Location: Ripacandida and Rionero in Vulture
• System: 6.000 p./ha
• Training: trees and guyot
• Yield [q.li/ha]: 60-70
• Harvest: end of November
• Alcoholic fermentation: in small INOX steel containers
• Malolactic Fermentation: induced and completed within spring of the following harvest
• Refinement: at least 12 months in 50 hl french oak barrels and 3–4 months in bottles
• Alcohol: 13.6% vol.
• Serving temperature: 18-19°C
• Winery: Cantina del Vulture S.C.A.R.L., Rionvero in Vulture
• Production: 18.000 bottles

Chemical Analysis

• sugars[g/L]: 3.20
• total acid [g/L]: 5.43
• volatile acid [g/L]: 0.60
• pH: 3.60
• free SO2 [mg/L]: 22
• total SO2 [mg/L]: 120
• total dry matter[g/L]: 32.00

Ratings

• Vintage 2003, 2 glasses of Gambero Rosso 2006
• Vintage 2005, 2 glasses of Gambero Rosso 2008