Vermentino Reserve

AREA
Barboursville, Virginia Appellation

GRAPES
100% Vermentino

ALCOHOL LEVEL
13% vol.

BOTTLE SIZE
375 ml.

TYPE OF SOIL
From two fairly steep parcels facing south and nothwest and between 280-300 meters, the vines grow in well drained Davidson clay loam soil of medium vigor formed from weathered greenstone, the subsoil is a slightly acidic dark red permeable clay.

TRAINING METHOD
Double Guyot (cane pruned)

PLANT DENSITY
4.166 per hectare (1,686/acre)

YIELD
85 quintals per hectare (3.8 tons/acre)

VINIFICATION AND AGEING
Grapes are destemmed and cold soaked at 10 Celsius for 6 hours before pressing, the juice is sediment and fermented in stainless steel for 10-15 days at 18 Celsius and further aged for up to 8 months with weekly lees stirring. No malolactic fermentation is allowed.

THE ESTATE

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