Ottocento red
Ottocento red is a cuvee made of Merlot and Refosco. Grapes are collected from the wines that are 10 to 25 years old and which are close to the cellar. Eventhough Merlot it is not local varietal, it is very good adjusted on the postition and climate and it is very good blended with Refosco. High quality red wine, enough autentic that when you drink it, you enjoy the minerality of the most prestigious istrian soil, white soil.
Grape varietal Refosco, Merlot Viticulture organic Free sulfur dioxide 12 mg/L Category dry red wine Yield per wine 1 – 1,5 kg | Total dry extract 27,7 g/L Vintage 2017 Harvested by hand Reducing sugar 2,7 g/L Alcohol content 13,5% | Harvest time September Wine growing area Western Istria, Croatia Total acidity 6,0 g/L Soil composition Dark, heavy clay pH 3,55 |
Vinification
Grapes are hand picked, de-steammed and gravity fed into large wooden barrels for maceration about a month which starts with natural yeasts on the temperature at 30 degrees Celsius. Grapes are mixed three times a day at which period they undergoe also malo-lactic fermentation. After pressing it is agged at least two years into big oak barrels (1000 to 2500 l).
Wine production: Fermentation on the skins in open vats, without the addition of selected yeasts and enzymes
Aging: in large wooden casks
Bottle: 0,75 l