Production area
Phlegraean Fields

Soil
volcanic, very loose, trachytic and pumiceous.

Vine varieties
piedirosso 100%

Cultivation
vineyards located on mid-high hills and cultivated with the puteolano or spalatrone system.

Harvest
manual harvesting in 20-kg crates starting from the 2nd week of October, with following hand selection.

Peculiarities
the grapevine is ungrafted, that is not grafted on the American understock, and lives on its own roots.

Vinification
destemming and crushing are followed by a 7-day maceration with the peels, soft pressing and alcoholic fermentation at a 23°-25° C controlled temperature.

Maturation
matured for 12 months in French durmast barriques and bottled 18 months after the harvest.

Refining
6 months in the bottle.