2022
Malabrocca 2022
Vintage characterised by a mild spring and a fierce summer, with frequent rainfall and two hailstorms.
A process with short skin contact and very little pumping over was chosen. Interesting is the low alcohol content, which can rarely be obtained when the grapes are fully ripe. Dedicated to Luigi Malabrocca, a cyclist from the 1940s, who, unable to overtake champions Coppi and Bartali, managed, for two years running and by any means necessary, to win the black jersey destined for the last at the finish of the Giro d’Italia. He shared with his friends the caciocavalli and hams that were offered.
Vineyard Vigna del Ciglio, Comune di Rutino, foglio 12 particelle 20 e 21
Exposure South-southwest
Soil Medium-textured clay-limestone Cilento Flysch
Training System Guyot
Grape yield 3000 kg per hectare
Planting layout and density 220cm between rows, 80/90cm within rows, for 5050 plants per hectare.
Planting Year 2003. 2004, 2010
Harvest Hand picked
Harvest period Second week of September
Fermentation Natural fermentation in steel
Maceration 6-day maceration on the skins for 80% of the mass
Pressing Immediate whole bunch pressing of 20% of the grapes
Aging In wood
Aging 1000-liter oak barrels for 11 months
Bottling early August 2023
Stopper Natural cork
SERVING
ANALYTICAL VALUES
Alcol 12,5%
Reducing sugars 8 g/L
Total Dry Extract 31,8 g/l
Total acidity (tartaric acid) 6,57 g/l
Ph 3,48
Malolactic fermentation completed
Volatile acidity 0,75
Total sulfur dioxide 10mg/l (tracce ND
Availability
Avalaible