TORMARESCA BOCCA DI LUPO CASTEL DEL MONTE DOC 2016

The grapes were picked fully mature in order to assure a wine of complete ripeness. After pressing, the must fermented in stainless steel tanks at temperatures around 25°C. Delicate methods were utilized during the period of skin contact in order to insure a gradual and balanced extraction of color and structuring elements, and the overall period of skin contact lasted 18 days. The wine was run off its skins directly into 60 gallon oak barrels, principally French, where it went through a complete malolactic fermentation and aged for 15 months before bottling. A further two year period of bottle aging followed.