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2008 ALBITHIA - VERMENTINO DI SARDEGNA

VINEYARD PROFILE

Grape variety: 100% Vermentino
Area of production: Usini (ss), Sardinia, Italy
Soil type: Limestone
Altitude: 150/200 m
Yield per hectare: 50 quintals of grapes
Training system: Guyot and free standing bush
Plantation density: 5000 plants per hectare
Harvest period: End of August, early September

TASTING NOTES

Colour: Straw yellow
Bouquet: Delicate perfume of orange and acacia blossom
Taste: Fresh and tasty

HARVEST NOTES

The grapes are hand picked in small baskets. Following destemming the grapes are lightly crushed. The alcoholic and maleolactic fermentation takes place partly in thermo-controlled steel vats.
Fermentation temperature: 20°c
Duration of fermentation: 10-12 days
Maturation period: steel
Bottling period: June 2007

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Alcohol content: 13.5%vol.
Ageing potential: 6-8 years