Feudo di San Maurizio Valle d’Aosta Mayolet

Vigna / Vineyard
Denominazione / Appellation: Vallee d’Aoste DOC.
Ettari / Hectares: 4 plots for a total of 0.5 ha.
Quota / Altitude: from 700 m / 2297 ft to 1000 m / 3280 ft.
Suoli / Type of soils: Chalk and sand.
Esposizione / Exposure: South-East and South-West.
Vitigni / Varieties: Mayolet.
Età delle viti / Vine age: from 3 to 20 years old.
Densità / Planting Density: 10000 vines/hectare.
Allevamento / Trellis system: Guyot.
Data di vendemmia / Harvest date: Mid September.
Metodo di vendemmia / Harvest technique: Hand harvested.
Metodo agricolo / Agricultural technique: Lotta integrata / Sustainable farming.
Resa / Yield: 10000 kilograms/hectare.

Cantina / Cellar
Lieviti / Yeasts: Native yeasts.
Fermentazione alcolica / Alcoholic fermentation: 7 days, 27°C.
Fermentazione malolattica / Malolactic fermentation: Completed right after the alcoholic fermentation.
Élevage: 3 months in stainless steel.
Chiarificazione, filtrazione / Clarification, filtration: The wine is stabilized with cold for 10 days, filtered with 3 micron cardboard filters and clarified with bentonite.
Zolfo / Sulphur: 80 mg/L total average.
Altri prodotti aggiunti? / Other products added?: None.
Produzione annua / Annual production: 800 cases (6x750ml).
Gradazione alcolica / Alcoholic %: from 12% to 13%.
Tappo e bottiglia / Closure and bottle: Natural cork, 750 ml Bordeaux bottle.