Who: Le Cantine di Indie
Where: Erice, Sicilia, Italy
What: Nerello Mascalese
How: Organic, estate-grown
Total size: SMALL

Polpo Rosso 2019

APPELLATION: IGT Terre Siciliane

GRAPE VARIETY: 100 % NERELLO MASCALESE

WINE STYLE: Red

FERMENTATION TANKS: Wood

YEASTS: Inoculated

MACERATION: 40 % whole bunch – 60 % destemmed 

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: Inox vats HL 100

AGED FOR: 8/12 months

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: NO Clarification/ Filtration 0.65 Micron

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: 70 ppM right before bottling

BOTTLING DATE: N/A

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13%

VINEYARD: N/A

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Organic

ALTITUDE: 350 m

SOIL: Clayey rich in calcarinite

YEAR PLANTED: 2006-2011

DENSITY: 4000-4500 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: second half of September

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 2000 bottles