| Pinot Nero „Turmhof“ 2008
ALTO ADIGE / SÜDTIROL - DOC
Description:
Ruby red with a deep garnet sheen, this wine has a delicate bouquet of blackberries, raspberries and cherries with a hint of vanilla. It is smooth and full-bodied, showing balance and elegance on the palate, and has both youthful force and pedigree.
Serving suggestion:
An excellent accompaniment to pork, veal or beef, lamb, poultry, game or game birds as well as to cheese.
Grape varieties: | 100% Pinot Nero / Blauburgudner | Vineyard location: | steep slope vineyards in Graun, near Kurtatsch (800 – 850 meters above sea level) and in Montan (450 – 650 meters above sea level) | Soil composition: | chalk gravel moraine and loamy alluvial moraine soil | Growing system: | guyot; - 6,000 – 7,000 vines / hectare | Yield: | 60 - 70 hl / hectare | Age of vines: | till 15 years | Vinification: | Fermented in contact with the skins in stainless steel tanks, followed by malolactic fermentation in large wooden casks. 2/3 of the wine is aged in small oak barrels, the rest in large wooden casks for 8 months. | Receptacles: | stainless steel and oak barrels |
Alcohol content: |
13.5% by vol. | Total acidity: | 5.2 g / liter | Residual sugars: | 2.5 g / liter |
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