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2008 ARRUBAIS ROSSO CARIGNANO

INTRODUCTION

Classifaction: IGT Isola del Nuraghi

Grape Variety: Cannonau (70%), Bovale (15%), Cagnulari (15%)



VINEYARD PROFILE

Area of Production: Sorso(SS), Sardinia, Italy

Soil Type: Granites, loosley packed and providing excellent drainage

Altitude: 150/200 Metres

Yield per Hectare: 60 quintals of grapes

Training system: Verical trellis, bilateral guyot and free-standing bush

Plantation density: 4,500 Plants per hectare


TASTING NOTES

Food Matching Suggestions: Pasta with meat-based or fish-based tomoato sauces, white meats; chicken, turkey and veal; fish, soup, grouper marinara, sea scorpion and gurnard

WINEMAKER NOTES

Colour: A brilliant and transparent colour

Bouguet: a floral taste

Taste: pleasant, broad taste with a hint of citrus fruit to round off

HARVEST NOTES

Harvest Period: Second half of September

Vinification: The grapes are hand picked in small baskets, following destemming and crushing, the alcoholic fermentation and steeping takes places in thermally controlled vats.

Fermentation Temperature: 24°C

Duration of Fermentation: 8-10 days

Maturation Period: In steel vats



TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Alcohol Content: 13% by volume

Ageing Potential: 4-5 years