Grapes: Magliocco Dolce (80%) Malvasia Nera (20%)
Rearing System: simple guyot
Type of environment: clays with compact skeleton
Agricultural Management: Biodynamic
Production Area: Saracena, Caccia land-district (450 Mt. above sea level) – Lungro, Scornavacca land-district (500 Mt. Above sea level)
Planting distance: m 2.50 x 1.00
Number of stumps for hectare: 3300
Harvest time: last week of September / first ten days of October
Type of harvest: manual
Wine making: Maceration on the skins for 2-3 weeks, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks without temperature control
Maturation and refinement of the wine: in oak barrels of 225-300 liters for 12 months, bottle aging for 10-12 months
Filtration: Not filtered
The grape varieties we grow are: white guarnaccia, black and white malvasia , sweet magliocco and Saracena Muscatel.
With these varieties we produce, in addition to the famous “Moscato Passito di Saracena”, five different wine labels: three white and two red. This year we started the production of rosé.
