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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