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Ocone Calidonio Piedirosso Taburno Sannio DOC

Grape Variety: Piedirosso, Aglianico

 

Alcohol: 14% Vol

 

Vinification:The grapes are hand-picked in crates at the end of September or early October, when the Piedirosso grape variety is fully ripe and the harvest of the Aglianico grape variety has just begun. Destemming is followed by fermentation and maceration for 10 days.Extraction is done via pumping over, racking and soft pressing, and successively the wine is transferred to vats for natural clarification, and then racked into steel. Circa 70% of thewine ages briefly in large barrels and then is successively added to the remainder of the wine. The blended product is bottled and undergoes slow refinement instacks.

Colour: Intense ruby-red in color with purplish highlights.

 

Bouquet: It offers intense fruity overtones of cherries and raspberries, accompanied by floral hints of violets.

 

Taste: It is balanced, harmonious and full-bodied thanks to its passage in wood and refinement in the bottle, counter-balanced by a pleasant acidic component, typical of the Piedirossogrape variety.

Ocone Calidonio Piedirosso Taburno Sannio DOC

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