CANAPALE/PECORINO
VENDEMMIA TARDIVA LINE
Canapale
Offida Pecorino DOCG organic
ORGANIC WINE
STOPPER: certified cork, suitable for aging.
MEANING OF THE NAME: the name recalls the medieval gateway of Montefiore Dell’Aso, our local village (Porta Canapale). The gate is all that remains of a more complex system of defensive and fortified walls, which overlooked our Val d’Aso.
GRAPE VARIETY: Pecorino 100%
PRODUCTION AREA: Montefiore Dell’Aso (AP)
ALTITUDE: 250/300 meters a.s.l.
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14,50% (variable for vintage)
COLOUR: straw yellow
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10-12°C
PAIRINGS: Fresh cheese, white meat, or fish
Product details
ALCOHOL CONTENT 14.50% (variable for vintage)
ALTITUDE 250/300 meters a.s.l.
HARVEST
By hand, in the middle of September. Normally Pecorino is harvested at the end of August. For Canapale, harvesting the old organic vines is delayed till mid-September.
SOIL TYPE Medium texture, with a lot of gravel.
EXPOSURE South-west
PRODUCTION AREA Selected grapes from our own vineyards around
Montefiore Dell’Aso and Massignano
GRAPES 100% Pecorino
VINEYARD AGE 25/30 years
YIELD PER VINE 1.7 Kg
YIELD PER HECTARE 7 tonnes/ha
TRAINING SYSTEM Vertical trellis
PRUNING SYSTEM Spurred cordon
DENSITY 4,000 vines per hectare
WINE MAKING
Our grapes are quickly taken to the winery, cooled to 5°C and kept at low temperature. Then they are crushed in the absence of oxygen and the best quality must is separated. Fermentation Is at a controlled temperature.
AGING
After fermentation, the wine is put in stainless steel vats to clarify and mature. Continuous monitoring, decanting and remuage bring definite organoleptic characteristics and quality to the wine. The following April, the wine is bottled. After one month of maturing in the bottle, the wine is ready for sale.
COLOUR Straw-yellow
ORGANOLEPTIC QUALITIES
On the nose mature, exotic fruits. A tart taste with persistent softness. A full, fleshy and persistent wine.
SERVING TEMPERATURE 10/12°C
SERVE WITH Fresh cheese, white meat, or fish
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