Description
Commercial Name
Frauma
(From the local dialect “Frauma” that means my brother)
Appelation
Salento Rosso IGP
Viticolture Data
Grape Varieties: 60% Aglianico 40% Petit Verdot
Production Area: Puglia, upper Salento
Altitude: 70 meters above sea level
Soil: tufaceous-calcareous
Training System: Cordon spur
Density of vines: 4500 plants per Ha
Yield per Hectare: 50 quintal
Yield of grapes into wine: 60%
Avarege age of vineyards: 10 years
Harvest time: Second half of September
Vinification and Ageing
Harvest Method: All the Bunches are handpicked
Maceration with the skins: 20 days
Vinification: the fermentation takes place using selected yeasts under controlled temperature
Ageing: 8-10 months in new tonneaux (french oak) then 16 months in bottle before releasing
Analytical Data
Alcohol: 14% Vol.
PH: 3,66
Total Acidity: 5.35 g/l
Residual Sugar: 1,7 g/l
Net Dry Extract: 36 g/l