SPARKLING WINES/PASSERINA CHARMAT
PASSERINA CHARMAT BRUT
SPARKLING WINE BRUTCHARMAT METHOD
ORGANIC WINE
GRAPE VARIETY: Passerina 100%
PRODUCTION AREA: Montefiore dell’Aso (AP)
ALTITUDE: 250 meters a.s.l.
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12,50% (variable by year)
COLOUR: straw yellow
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10-12°C
PAIRINGS: fresh cheese, white meat, or fish
Product details
ALCOHOL CONTENT 12,50% (variable by year)
ALTITUDE 250 meters a.s.l.
HARVEST
The grapes are harvested by hand. We use only small containers, which are transported immediately to the winery to be processed. Harvesting is either early in the morning or in late afternoon to avoid the heat of the day. During harvesting dry ice is used to ensure the oxygen is inert and to lower the temperature of the grapes.
SOIL TYPE Medium texture, with a lot of gravel.
ROOTSTOCK 420A
EXPOSURE South-west
PRODUCTION AREA Selected grapes from our own vineyards around Montefiore Del Aso
GRAPES Passerina 100%
ETA DEL VIGNETO 20-25 years
YIELD PER VINE 3.0 Kg
YIELD PER HECTARE 12,000 Lt.
TRAINING SYSTEM Vertical trellis
PRUNING SYSTEM Spurred cordon
DENSITY 4,000 vines per hectare
FERMENTATION
The must is first decanted cold to ensure it is as clean as possible. Once it is clear fermentation begins.
Fermentation is with selected yeasts in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks at 10-12°, for about 20 days. Once fermentation is finished the cloudy wine is put into perfectly clean tanks to settle. The wine is separated from the heavy sediment (lees) that results from fermentation and the fine sediment is left. Ageing takes place in steel with continuous turning (riddling) of the product to extract the positive properties of the fine sediment.
In February, the wine is clarified, filtered and bottled. It is ready for sale in March following the harvest.
REFERMENTATION
To the wine is added sugar and yeast. The refermentation take place in autoclave and during it is produced CO2.
During April the wine is bottling at constant pressure.
COLOUR Straw yellow
SERVING TEMPERATURE 10/12°C
SERVE WITH Fresh cheese, white meat, or fish
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