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Ottobre |
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IGT Province of Pavia Croatina |
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Two days after the discovery of America, two days after my son Riccardo’s baptism, two days after so many life episodes and moments, …. Two days before many more life stories….
14th October is for us the last day of vintage… a year of waiting, suffering, fearing comes to an end… but it is also a year of satisfactions… and there we are, in our 40-year-old vineyards, waiting for the “right year” to come… the 14th October’s year… when everything has already ended… we pick the last grapes, the ones that have ripened the longest… and even more… with our fog, pale sun… as in the past we let time decide whether this is the “right year”.
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Organoleptic features |
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Year:
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Vintage 2007 harvested on 14th October |
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Vine: |
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Croatina, rare grapes. |
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Production area: |
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Oltrepo Pavese vines in Borgo Priolo and Montalto Pavese... |
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Planted in: |
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1955/1964/1998 |
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Yield per hectare: |
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5/6 tons |
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Training system: |
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guyot |
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Vine density: |
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4000/4300 plants per hectare |
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Making: |
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Long maceration and fermentation in 50-hl steel vats.
No filtration made except before bottling in June 2008 |
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Features: |
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| Visual: |
| ruby red with purple highlights. |
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| Olfactory: |
| Fresh, vinous, cherry in alcohol. |
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| Gustative: |
| Fresh fruit, warm, little tannic, quite smooth; very clean. |
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Alcoholic strength: |
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13 % |
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Serving Temperature: |
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6/8 degrees, serve chilled |
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Best served with: |
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all kinds of cold cuts, bacon-fat, bacon, braise, octopus with potatoes, turbot with potatoes, tuna. |
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