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EAGLE OF VULTURE

Grape variety:

100% Aglianico del Vulture

Classification:

D.O.C. Basilicata

Production area:

Mount Vulture Area, Venosa (PZ), Basilicata

Production year:

2017

Vineyard Altitude:

mt 450 a.s.l.

Vitated Surface

of the company:

About 10 hectares

Layout of the Vineyards:

Hill

Year of planting:

1995

Breeding system:

Backrest

Pruning:

Simple Guyot

Planting density:

No. 4,400 strains/Ha

Land type:

Soil of volcanic origin, loose and dry, with good structure, essentially tuffaceous and with the typical color of pozzolanic soils, also endowed with a good presence of minerals.

Harvest time:

Second/third decade of October.

Collection:

Performed by hand in cassettes.

Grape yield per hectare:

70 q. li / Ha

Vinification:

Destemming, followed by 15 to 20 days of maceration with the skins at a temperature of 23°/25°C;

Alcoholic fermentation and malolactic fermentation performed in barrels for 10/12 months.

Refinement and maturation:

It is passedfor a period of 10-12 months in barriques, then left to mature in stainless steel tanks until pre-bottling.

Time of bottling:

It is usually timed to coincide with the cool season of spring and then put on the market after it has spent at least six months aging in the bottle.

Alcohol content:

14.5% Vol.

Aging capacity:

8 to maximum 10 years.

Era of maximum expression:

After the third, fourth year after harvest.

Recommended serving temperature:

16° – 18° C.

Recommended pairings:

Grilled meats, roasts, game and aged cheeses.

Organoleptic characteristics:

Intense ruby red color 6 with hues tending toward orange as aging continues. Hints of ripe fruit, bitter almond, berries, chocolate and vanilla; elegant on the palate, round and soft: well structured with the presence of noble and ripe tannins.

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