2009 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 TECHNICAL INFORMATION Alcohol content: 13.5%vol. Ageing potential: 6-8 years
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