CAYENNA red wine IGT Isola dei Nuraghi Magnum

Classification: Isola dei Nuraghi IGT red wine.

Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Grenache.

Municipality of production: Sorso (SS).

Soil altitude: 70 mt asl.

Soil type: Medium mixture - sandy with discrete presence of skeleton.

Training system: Spurred Cordon.

Planting density: 5681 vines/ha.

Yield per hectare: 25 q.li/ha.

Harvest: Manual, in the first ten days of October.

Vinification: Chilling of the harvested grapes using cold storage. Manual sorting of the bunches, soft destemming, manual selection of the grapes. Cold pre-fermentation maceration on the skins for about 30 days in steel at a temperature of 26°C.

Ageing: In steel for 12 months, in new French oak barrigues for 24 months and at least 12 months in bottle before release.

Colour: Intense, impenetrable ruby red with purple hints.

Nose: Particularly engaging and rich: notes of tobacco, liquorice, chocolate and leather alternate with spices and Mediterranean scrub.

Taste: Elegant, savoury, vibrant entry. Vigorous but at the same time fine and velvety tannins support a wine of great taste persistence in which we find the same aromatic components perceived on the nose. The finish is decidedly satisfying.

Total acidity: 5.8 gr/It.

Dry extract: 32.5 gr.

Residual sugars: 1,6 gr.

Alcohol: 15 % approx.