Pietro Cassina Ciuèt Red 2012 Coste della Sesia
Description
Viticulture
North East of Piedmont(Alto Piemonte), exclusively on the Hillside Estate of Chignalungo (Municipality of Lessona). The soil is more sandy than adjacent soils. Partly unmade levels topped summit, silty clay, acid (pH 4.5 to 5.4) with concretions and generous mineral wealth like iron and manganese. The colours of the soils are orange yellow and dark brown.
Vinification
A careful selection on a vibrating table, is de-stemming and crushing philosophical, flowing the destemmed grapes by gravity into the steel tanks. Start of fermentation and maceration on the skins for 7-10 days at a controlled maximum temperature of 28 ° Celsius (82,4°Fahrenheit) Approximately twice a day, repeating punching and pumping over.
Wine aging
The wine is racked into oval casks, fifteen liters of capacity(Austrian and Swiss oaks), and barrels, where it sojourns for at least 21 months, bottled and stored for the final refinement in the Estate’s Cellar.