TYPICAL GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
GRANACCIA SAVONESE HILLS IGT RESERVE
- Grapevine: Granaccia 100% (Alicante)
- Area of production: about half a hectare of vineyard cultivated high up on the terraced hillsides on the edge of a pine forest overlooking the ancient village of Quiliano (SV). The mixed red and clayey soil gives great particularity to the wine
- Exposure: south
- breeding: Guyot. The age of the vines in this vineyard varies between 15 and 20 years and the rows undergo severe thinning at the time of veraison.
- harvest: the grapes are selected and harvested in small perforated boxes in the third decade of September
- winemaking: in traditional red with destemming and fermentation at a controlled temperature (26 ° C). The maceration with the skins is about 10 days and several pumpovers are carried out a day to favor the extraction of color.
- Aging: produced only in favorable years, dopo the fermentation spends about a year in small second passage barrels, then it is reassembled in steel containers for about 6 months before going into the bottle
- Finishing: dopo bottling rests at least 6 months before being placed on the market
- gradation: 14% vol.
- Taste characteristicse: it has a brilliant color, garnet red with orange reflections and a slightly mineral, ethereal and fine scent reminiscent of red fruit jam and sweet spices such as cinnamon and vanilla. The flavor is full, warm and elegant, with a long and pleasant finish. Taste with baked pasta, roasted rabbit and poultry, medium-aged cheeses.
