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"ORION" SALENTO IGT
PRIMITIVO
ABOUT THE VINEYARDS
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Grape: Primitivo.
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Type: red wine.
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Appellation:
Salento I.g.t.
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Vineyard location:
Cellino San Marco.
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Vineyard Altitude
and orientation: 70 mt. a.s.l.
W, SW.
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Soil: clay with
limestone rock.
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Vineyards age: 10
years old.
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Vine training
system: bush vines with settonce system.
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Plant density:
5.100 vines/ha.
WINEMAKING
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Harvest time: last
week of August and first week of September.
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Harvest method:
grapes are hand-picked and collected in small cases.
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Vinification: once
in the cellar, grapes are manually selected in the rolling tape
before de-stemming and pressage. Fermentation takes place under
the highest control, in order to obtain the maximum result from
the extracting phase, with délestages and circulation pumping,
to extract color and fruitiness from the skins. Fermentation is
done under controlled temperature between 27° and 31° C, to
preserve as much as possible the original aromatic qualities of
the fruit. After the alcoholic fermentation is finished, the
wine is transferred into French oak barriques, where the
malolactic fermentation takes place. At the end of the ageing in
barrique, the wine is bottled after a careful tasting.
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Barrel ageing: 6
months in 225 L barriques.
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Bottle ageing: 3
months.
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Cellar life: to
drink now and in the next 4 years.
TASTING NOTES
Dense ruby red with a
purplish rim, it is immediately intense on the nose with marked
aromas of ripe and fleshy red fruits, notably cherries followed by
spicy notes of cinnamon and nutmeg; in the mouth it is full,
powerful, smooth and very long, with a well defined acid streak
which makes it fresh and pleasing.
Alcohol: 13% Vol.
Serving temperature:
16-18° C.
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