TenimentiGrieco–PASSOALLETREMITIAGLIANICOTERREDEGLIOSCIIGT2018

<p>Tenimenti Grieco – PASSO ALLE TREMITI AGLIANICO TERRE DEGLI OSCI IGT 2018</p><p>Our best vineyards overlook the sea towards the Tremiti Islands and contribute to the production of four wines, characterized by lots of fruit and strong minerality, all with a specific and inimitable identity, deriving from the dominant environmental components: sun, wind, sea and land .</p><p><p> Production area: San Martino in Pensilis (CB)</p><p> Extension: 1 ha</p><p> Grapes: Aglianico 100%</p><p>Type of soil: alluvial, medium texture rich in mineral salts</p><p> Altitude: 150 m above sea level</p><p> Year of planting: 2000</p><p> Harvest period: end of October</p><p> Stock density/ha: 4,200</p><p> Training system: spurred cordon</p><p> Yield/strain: 2 Kg</p><p> First harvest: 2002</p></p><p>Winemaking: manual harvest with selection of bunches at the end of October. Fermentation in steel at a controlled temperature between 26-28° C for approximately 10 days. Maceration on the skins for a week. Soft pressing and selection of the different fractions of must. Malolactic fermentation and sur-lies aging in French oak barriques for 9 months. It rests in the bottle for another 4 months before being placed on the market.</p><p><p> The wine:</p><p> brilliant ruby red color.</p><p> Fine and elegant nose, complex, intense notes</p><p>vanilla desserts, ripe cherry and raspberry fruits. Wine with great structure and</p><p>balance, with soft and penetrating tannins. Long persistence with returns of</p><p>juicy red fruits, in perfect correspondence with the olfactory notes.</p></p><p> Food pairings:</p><p>red meat stews, game, dishes based on porcini mushrooms, tasty soups</p><p> and mature cheeses.</p>