Sfera - Macerato

REGION: Puglia GROWING AREA: Acquaviva delle Fonti FARMING: Certified-organic by ICEA # PB2097 VINEYARD: 1.8 Ha ALTITUDE: 350 m / 1,148 ft SOILS: clayey silt VARIETIES: Verdeca (100%) VINE AGE: 12 years old VINE TRAINING: Cordon trained HARVEST DATE: September 15th YEASTS: Native FERMENTATION: 14 days on the skins in stainless steel. No clarification or filtration MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: No SULPHUR: 30 mg/L total added at the end of the fermentation and 30 mg/L at bottling ALCOHOL: 12% ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 1,000 cases