Verdeca Sette Lune

VERDECA SETTE LUNE
Synergistic agriculture
Appelation: PGI Salento Verdeca.
Grape variety: Verdeca 100 %.
Soil composition: clay and loam soil, very rich of siliceous gravel and humus.
Vine training system: free standing espalier (controspalliera libera in Italian), from Rudolf Steiner’s book “The philosophy of freedom”.
Vineyard area: 2 hectares cultivated according to the criteria of Sy-nergistic Agriculture and ICEA Organic Farming.
Density of vines per hectare: 4’545 plants per ha.
Average age of vines: 22 years.
Yield per hectare: 9 tons per ha.
Harvesting: hand-picking grapes, the end of September.
Alcohol by volume: 11,5% vol.

Description

In the winery

Winemaking: after destemming and soft crushing grapes, must fer-ments spontaneously with grape skins, thanks to a pied de cuve of native yeasts, the only ones which increase the expression of our Terroir. After 7 months (7 lunar phases) of maceration with skins, in presence of carbon dioxide, which is produced during alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, wine is soft pressed in order to sepa-rate it from grape skins. The name “Verdeca sette lune” comes from production method, in fact Sette Lune in Italian means Seven lunar phase. Natural fining and stabilization, no fining agents added.No filtration.

Ageing of wine on lees: 2 years in steel tanks, shaking it every 15 days. Very low amount of sulphur dioxide added before bottling.

Organoleptic properties: golden yellow colour; fine and intense fru-ity, floral and grassy nose, with spicy and mineral finish. Medium body, balanced, scarcely tannic, soft taste and very long freshness.

Food pairing: ideal with all dishes that need a structured wine with a good freshness; very good with fishes and white meat.

Serving temperature: 10-12°C.

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