l'Archetipo - 'Litrotto Rosso' - Merlot, Montepulciano, Cabernet Sauvignon, Primitivo, Susumaniello - Castellaneta, Puglia, IT - 2017 - 1000ml

LITROTTO ROSSO Synergistic agriculture Appelation: PGI Puglia Rosso. Grape varieties: Montepulciano (30%), Merlot (20%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%), Primitivo (20%), Susumaniello (10%). Bottle size: 1 litre. Soil composition: sandstone and pelite soil, very rich of fine gravel, sand and small cobblestone; very rich of humus. The clay layer and silt give soil a good water content, drained from cobblestone and gravel. This soil came from carbonatic land orogenesis, called “fossa bradanica”. Vine training system: free standing espalier (controspalliera libera in Italian), from Rudolf Steiner’s book “The philosophy of freedom”. Vineyard area: 19 hectares cultivated according to the criteria of Synergistic Agriculture and ICEA Organic Farming. Density of vines per hectare: 4’545 plants per ha. Average age of vines: 22 years. Yield per hectare: 9,5 tons per ha. Harvesting: hand-picking grapes, first week of October. Alcohol by volume: 13,5 % vol.