Passamante rosso - red 75cl 2022 Salice Salentino - Masseria Li Veli

Passamante rosso - red 75cl 2022 Salice Salentino - Masseria Li Veli

ABOUT THE VINEYARDS

Grape: Negroamaro

Type: Red Appellation: Salice Salentino DOC

Vineyard location: Cellino San Marco Vineyard Altitude and orientation: 70 mt. a.s.l. – W, SW

Soil: clay with limestone rock

Vineyards age: 11 years old

Vine training system: bush vines with Settonce system

Plant density: 5.120 vines/ha

WINEMAKING

Harvest time: last two weeks of September. Harvest method: grapes are hand-picked and collected in small cases. 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.

Barrel ageing: 6 months in 225 L barriques.

Cellar life: to drink now and in the next 7 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: 13,5% Vol.

Serving temperature: 16-18° C.

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