ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
Tappo (sughero for 51) – Bottiglia ( vetro gl71)
Description
DESCRIZIONE
Pettineo: La Chiusa is about 60 years old and is an old tree that the previous owner transformed into an espalier, making the plants climb between the trellises which now also have monumental forms. Closure wines are usually fruity with silkier tannins and sustained acidity.
CLASSIFICATION
Sicilian lands IGT
VARIETY
Frappato
ALTITUDE
217 m above sea level
GROUND
60 cm in surface of red sand on a layer of tuff
AGRICULTURE
Biodynamics, organic certification, no chemical interventions
TRAINING SYSTEM
Double spurred cordon
AVERAGE AGE OF PLANTS
70 years old
PLANT DENSITY
6,500 vines per hectare
TIME OF HARVEST
Last week of September
FERMENTATION
In cement tanks with indigenous yeasts, maceration of 20 days on the skins
REFINEMENT
20 months in 20HL oval cement tanks, 4 months in bottle
