Cabernet Franc IGT Lazio Bio Villa Chiarini Wulf

PURE CABERNET FRANC

Intense garnet red colour, complex aroma ranging from prevalent notes of small red fruits to light spicy tones that are reminiscent of liquorice and cloves.. On the palate the wine is full-bodied and structured, with a long taste-olfactory persistence.

VITICULTURE

Grape variety: Cabernet Franc, vine age 11 years
Tufaceous soil of volcanic origin
Altitude: 250 metres above sea level
Exposure: south
Training system: Guyot
Density: 3,400 plants/hectare
Fertilisation: winter green manure with field beans
Treatments: copper, sulphur (three to six treatments depending on the season)
Yield/hectare in grapes: 50qt.
Yield/hectare in grapes: 1 - 1.5 kg.

HARVEST

25 September, manual harvest

VINIFICATION

Pressing and destemming, fermentation at controlled temperature (26°C) in steel tanks, indigenous yeasts No GMOs.

MATURATION

For 18 months in 15hl Slovenian oak barrels, first passage. Subsequently in steel tanks.

AGING

In 0.75-liter bottles.

ALCOHOL CONTENT

14°

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