Umbria IGT


Selve di Giove

Typology

Still Red

Grape Varietes

Merlot 100%

Alchol by Volume

14 %

Bottle Produced

4000

Bottle Capacity

750 ml and 1500 ml

Wine

Organoleptic Properties

Sight: Intense luminous ruby red wine. Smell: Intense with hints of ripe red fruit, jam, and spices such as chocolate
Taste: Smooth warm flavour, well-structured and elegant in taste. Particularly enjoyable to drink, with long finish

Pairings

It goes very well with structured first courses and meat dishes

Serving Temperature:

16/18 °C

Vineyard

Vineyard Surface Area

1 Ha

Soil Type

Reddish-brown, rich in iron and calcium and well-endowed in organic matter

Average age of vineyards

15 years

Planting distance and density

2,50 x 0,70 meters - 5,700 grapevine stumps per Ha

Vine training system

Gouyot

Soil Management

Natural wild turf. No herbicides

Green agricultural interventions

Early selection of shoots, cutting and pinching back of vine by machine, manual stripping of leaves

Harvesting

By hand into crates

Yeld per hectare

1,2 Kg per grapevine stump, equvalent to 65 tons per Ha

Winery

Destemming

Mainly by mechanical means, but manually to a limited extent

Grape crushing

Partly mechanical

Pressing

Soft (0.2/0.4 bar) in pneumatic press

Maceration

12-16 days with milling that includes passing the must over the grape dregs and delestage

Fermentation

In small glazed cement vats at a controlled temperature (25/28 °C)

Ageing

Partly in glazed cement vats and partly in 5-hectoliter barrels for 12 months. In bottles for a least 12 months


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