COS Terre Siciliane I.G.P. Maldafrica 2016

Description

Area of production: Fontane,Vittoria (RG), South-Eastern Sicily.
Grapes variety: Merlot 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 50%.
Agriculture: Organic.
Altitude: 230 Meters a.s.l.
Soil: red soil, medium consistency; formed of subalpine sands of Pliocene origin, of limestone – siliceous nature, interwoven with compact layers of fresh clay and calcareous tufa.
Training system: spur cordon.
Planting density: 5.000 vines/hectare.
Average age of vines in production: 25 years.
Harvest period: September.
Fermentation: spontaneous in terracotta amphorae, on the skins with indigenous yeasts.
Aging: Slavonian barrels and bottle.