Terra di Confine
A wine produced from a selection of Montepulciano grapes with Merlot in small part, aged for twelve months in small French oak barriques.
The power of Montepulciano meets the soft charm of Merlot, revealing together notes of winding intensity.
Terra di Confine is a complex, structured and long-lived red wine. A wine which is a full-fledged member in the category of great Italian wines.
SENSATIONS
Colour: intense deep ruby red
Fragrance: red fruit with light sensation of spices and liquorice
Palate: complex and well-rounded, great structure, soft and elegant, well-balanced tannins, finish is softly persistent
Pairing suggestions: grilled red meat, game, matured cheeses, mushrooms, wild boar sauce; a wine to be drunk in wide ballon at 18°C or 15°C during summertime.
Terra di Confine, the name: the border land is a geographical place in which different experiences and cultures meet, it is also space and imaginary time, sign of this century without frontiers.
| Classification | IGT UMBRIA |
| Oenologist | Riccardo Cotarella |
| Varietals | Montepulciano 80% - Merlot 20% |
| Production area | On Vitalonga hilltop |
| Altitude of the vineyard | 450 metres above sea level |
| Type of soil |
Clay-chalky of sedimentary origin, rich in Pliocene fossils |
| Training system | Cordon spur |
| Density of vines | 5.400 per Ha |
| Yield per hectare | 4.000 Kg |
| Yield of grapes into wine | 50 % |
| Harvest time |
Merlot: first ten days of September. Montepulciano: first ten days of October |
| Vinification |
Maceration on the skins for 25 days with lots of hand pressings, wine extration 20% |
| Alcoholic fermentation | In stainless steel tanks |
| Malolactic fermentation | Totally carried out in French oak barriques |
| Ageing | 12 months in French oak barriques (Allier, Never e Tronçais) |
| Alcohol content | 13,5% vol |
| Total acidity | 5,50 gr/lt |
| Dry extract | 31,06 gr/lt |
| pH | 3,70 |
