Growing Conditions
Winegrowing region: southern Valle Isarco at the foot of the Sciliar massif at
an altitude of 500–550 m
Soil: calcareous morainic soils on solid quartz porphyry
Slope: 50–55%
Trellis system: wire-trained
Vines per hectare: 8,000
Harvest
Manual harvest
Harvesting period: end of September
Bottling
September 2018
Winemaking
cold maceration for one week;
afterwards fermentation in steel tanks for two weeks (40% whole clusters)
Aging
malolactic fermentation and 18 months of ageing in barrique (50% new barrels);
thereupon assemblage and five months of maturation in big oak casks;