Name
Tancredi
Type Red - DOC Contessa
Entellina
Alcohol level 13,5-14%
vol.
Grapes Nero d'Avola, 70%;
Cabernet Sauvignon, 30%.
Trained in the counter-espalier system and pruned
in spurred cordon. Average planting density, 5,000
rootstocks per hectare (2,024 an acre); production
of about 5,0 tons per hectare (2,0 tons an acre).
Terrain of medium consistency.
Vinification The estate
harvests Cabernet Sauvignon in late August and early
September and Nero d'Avola in the first decade of
September. The grapes are vinified in stainless
steel with skin contact of about 12 days at 26-30°C
(79-86° F). After malolactic fermentation, the
wine is racked into new and twice-used French-oak
barrels, for 14 months; bottle fining of six months
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