'Inu

 

Cannonau di Sardegna D.O.C. Riserva

year 2004

 

Vines

Cannonau 100%

Production Area

It’s produced from a selection of the best grapes of the vineyards in the Tirso Valley and High Campidano in the Island of Sardinia, Italy

Hight

300/400 s.l.m.

Exposition

East

Climate

Typical Mediterranean, with mild winters, limited precipitations and very hot and ventilated summers

Color

Rubin red, with tendency to darkening to “granata” with aging

Perfum

Intense, with vine taste well defined and smells of ripe plume and wild blackberry

Taste

Warm, full, and with a characteristic structure in its unique taste

Food pairings

Goes well with big roasted meats, game and tasty cheeses

Serving temperature

16-18° C.

                                    TECHNICAL DATA

Alcool

% vol.

14,00

Residual Sugar

g/l

2,10

Total & volatile acidity

g/l

4,90  ;  0,45

SO2 Total and free

mg/l

115  ;  30

Total dry extract

g/l

30,8

pH

 

3,85

Poli-fenols Total

g/l

2,85

Vines

 

100% Cannonau

Quality of the ground

 

Medium limestone, partly rocky and pebbles; some rocky strata already disintegrated with the time

Vines conformation

 

Little Tree (vigna latina) and guyot

Vine Yeld by ectare

quintals

65

Wine Yeld by ectare

hl

40

Wine-making

 

Soft Pressing and Treading, fermentation with con maceration of the skins up to 15 days

Refining

 

12 monts in barriques of first and second passage, and at least 6 months in bottle