FRANCONIA HIGH VINEYARDS

The intense purple color of this grape variety, highly resistant to harsh and adverse climates and cultivated according to the Cavàga method, lends this product its exclusivity and uniqueness. The enormous, pyramid-shaped bunches, rendered captivating by their intense blue hues, are hand-picked and selected by harvesters. The delicately destemmed grapes undergo maceration for several weeks to allow for optimal extraction of the color and aromas from the grape skins. Frequent pumping over, in addition to initiating fermentation, gives the wine an elegant and long-lived expression. The vinification process continues with racking and pressing of the crushed grapes. Once fermentation is complete, the wine is aged for several months in steel tanks and then racked to eliminate precipitated residues. Aging lasts at least four years in French oak barrels, followed by at least another year of bottle aging, stored horizontally in the silence of our cellar beneath the mountain.