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Fantasia 420
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VARALDO
Region:
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Piedmont
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Province:
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Cuneo
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Town:
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Barbaresco
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Locality:
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Neive and Barbaresco
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Altitude:
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720 - 810 ft
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Soil:
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Calcerous limestone
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Grape variety:
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25% Nebbiolo, 25% Barbera, 25% Cabernet
sauvignon, 25% Melot
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Training of vines:
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Guyot
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Vines/Acre:
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1,600
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Age of vineyard:
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8 - 30 Years
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Yield/Acre:
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7,000 lbs.
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Harvest:
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Early October
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Vinification:
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Short temperature controlled alcoholic
fermentation in rotofermentators ( 4 days). Thereafter must is pumped into
French oak barriques (30% new and 70% used) in which the malolactic fermentation
takes place and the wine is aged for 20 months.
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Fermentation container:
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Stainless steel
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Malolactic fermentation:
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French Oak
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Filtration:
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No
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Fining:
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No
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Aging container:
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French Oak
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Bottling date:
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Release date:
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Oct 2001
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Acres:
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Production:
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5,000 btls
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Brix at harvest:
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19.5 - 21
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Alcohol:
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13.5%
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Total acidity:
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6 g/l
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Dry extract:
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28 g/l
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PH:
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Residual sugar:
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0
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| Characteristics: |
Lots of berries, cherry, vanilla and tobacco.
Full body, velvet tannins and a strong light finish
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Food matching:
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Roasted meat, game, fat dishes and aged cheese. |
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VINILANDIA USA - P.O. BOX 17614
- PORTLAND, ME 04112
WWW.VINILANDIAUSA.COM
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