MNRL | VIGNA DI MANDRANOVA
Soil composition | calcareous, clay-loam with medium presence of stones
Altitude | 360 meters above sea level
Age of vines | 1989
Production area | Contrada Mandranova in the Camporeale countryside
Training system | espalier training with spurred cordon pruning
No. of vines/hectare | 4.800
Yield/hectare | 6 tonnes
Harvest period | first week of September
Maceration | 12 days
Alcoholic fermentation | in stainless steel tanks, at 20-23°C with selected yeasts
Malolactic fermentation | fully carried out with indigenous lactic acid bacteria
Ageing | 14 months in French oak tonneau
Bottle ageing | at least 6 months in bottle at constant temperature (18°C)