CRU Storici

Valmaga

OLTREPÒ PAVESE ROSSO DOC

Very deep and dense cherry red color. The perfume, after the light notes of overripe fruit and plum jam, opens up to toasted and spicy sensations of extreme elegance. On the palate, it is warm, and full, with important but sweet tannins. It is a long-aging wine.

VARIETY
Croatina (40%), Barbera (55%), Uva Rara and Ughetta (5%).

ORIGIN
from the first hills overlooking the Po Valley.

EXPOSURE
south/west.

ALTITUDE
250 m asl.

SOIL
sandy.

CULTIVATION
vertical shoot positioning – guyot pruning.

PLANT DENSITY
4000 plants/hectare.

VINIFICATION
It is carried out in the traditional way, maceration in contact with the skins and fermentation at a temperature of 25° C with daily punching down for about ten days. At the end of the primary fermentation, the wine is placed in 4.5 hl oak tonneaux for 12-14 months where malolactic fermentation takes place.

ALCOHOL CONTENT
14 % vol.

SERVING TEMPERATURE
18°C.