CABERNET 2003

Südtirol/Alto Adige DOC

Description:

Garnet red, with a fine bouquet of blackcurrants, blackberries, cranberries and black pepper. Full and broad on the palate with well-integrated tannins which give the wine force and structure. The rich full body with a good balance between ripe fruit and tannins emphasizes the long harmonious finish.

Serving suggestion:

An excellent accompaniment to pork, veal, or beef, lamb, poultry, game or gamebirds, as well as cheese.

Varieties: 95% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Cabernet Carmenere

Vineyard location: South-southeast-facing vineyards in Kurtatsch (260 - 380 meters above sea level)

Soil: loamy moraine soil with high chalk content

Growing system: pergola and guyot; 3.500 - 7.000 vines / hectare

Yield: 70 hl / hectare

Age of vines: till 40 years

Vinification: Fermented in contact with the skins in stainless steel tanks, followed by malolactic fermentation in large wooden casks.  1/3 of the wine is aged in small oak barrels, the rest in large wooden casks.

Receptacles: stainless steel, large wooden casks and barriques

Alcohol content: 13,0% alc. by vol.

Total acidity: 4,9 g / litre

Residual sugars: 3,0 g / litre

Dry extrakt: 27,4 g / litre