Taurasi DOCG

The Taurasi wine originates from Campania, precisely from the Province of Avellino , whose birth is to be placed in the pre-Roman era, as for most of the wines of the southern part of Italy.

Produced from a main vine of Greek origin called Aglianico, it is to be considered one of the best wines of the Italian south, even if it is not very well known.

Taurasi wine shows an intense and brilliant ruby color, tending to garnet, where you can also see orange hues that come with aging.

As far as the smell is concerned, Taurasi has a pronounced, broad, ethereal, pleasant character and is more or less intense.

The flavor of this wine is dry, austere, tannic when young, but which obtains a full, harmonious, balanced character when it arrives and when ripe, in which we can discern a persistent aftertaste.

The Tauras the wine should be served at the table with a temperature between 16 and 18 degrees, and is great for pairing with dishes from aromatic thickness accentuated, Precisely for this reason do you choose in accompanying pasta dishes with meat sauce, meat red, roast, braised meats, poultry, casserole feathered game, hard cheeses .

DATA SHEET:

Treatments (type and frequency ): sulfur and copper as little as possible from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 7 Fertilizers (type and frequency): no fertilizer
Harvest start date : from 1st to 15th November
Method of harvest : manual and in crates

Use of grapes purchased from third parties : no

Certifications : organic

Pressing method : hand operated press
Vinifiers in : steel
Maceration : spontaneous and without any temperature control

Sulfur dioxide and / or ascorbic acid : max 40mg for all 24 months of aging in wood
Use of selected yeasts : no

Possible aging in cask or barrique : first 12 months in old large chestnut barrel of about 2250 liters and subsequent 12 months in small exhausted oak barrels of 225 liters
Possible refinement in the bottle (duration ): 12 months
Any corrections : no
Use of concentrated must / rectified concentrated must : no
Use of concentrator : no "Bloodletting " practices: no
Grape / wine yield (%): 65