Description

Villa Raiano Falanghina IGT

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White wine produced with Falanghina grapes coming from vines located in the province of Benevento. The grapes are harvested by hand and carried to the cellar in small boxes to avoid crushing them. The grapes are subjected to gentle crushing of whole bunches to get the free-run juice. Winemaking and ageing on fine lees lasts 4 months and takes entirely place in stainless steel tanks.

Typology: white wine

Appellation: Beneventano Igt – Igp (Campania)

Grape: Falanghina 100%

First vintage produced: 1999

Vineyard location: Torrecuso (Benevento)

Altitude: 300-450 m asl

Vine Training/Pruning: guyot

Vineyard design: 4500 vines/hectare

Grape yield: 80 quintals/hectare

Type of soil: calcareous clay, medium sandy silty

Harvest time: generally, last week of September

Winemaking: sedimentation after the gentle crushing of whole bunches; inoculated fermentation with selected yeasts; fermentation and ageing in stainless steel tanks

Fermentation: in stainless steel tanks at 16°C

Bottling time: second week of the month of February following the harvest