VILLA MALACARI - Rosso Conero doc - Profile
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Total surface area
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15.30 hectares (37.81 acres)
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| Grape Variety |
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Undiluted Montepulciano winegrapes |
| Vineyard age |
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15 years |
| Soils |
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Clayey and sandy silt |
| Altitude |
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250 metres above sea level |
| Vines per hectare |
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4,500 |
| Wine farming |
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Double cordone speronato (cord and support) pruning, cultivation With low environmental impact; complete cover crop; selection of buds, and thinning of leaf and lateral shoots and leaves at the invaiatura - the beginning stage of maturation. |
| Harvest |
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Grapes are selected by hand and placed carefully in small boxes then brought, within one and a half hours, to the cellar. |
| Vinification |
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The most suitable grapes are then selected in the cellar on the selection table where after they undergo a soft picking-pressing process before the delestage: 8 days of temperature-controlled skin fermentation in steel vats. |
| Ageing |
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The ageing is done in oak barrels and casks for a period of 9 to 12 months. |
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