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Blending: or cutting, is the fundamental moment that decides the life of our wines. Blending is above all an activity of selection, but also of creation, depending essentially on the experience, knowledge and sensitivity of the practitioner.

At the end of refinement there are numerous lots of wine, divided between barriques, and we know the history of each one, beginning from its time in the country.

The wines are tasted and different blends are tried until the best combination is found. The tastings made at this moment (but also previously) are difficult. The wine is not yet ready, so it is necessary to be able to taste the wine not for what it is in that moment, but for what it will become.

Immediately after the blending, we leave the wine in tanks to mix naturally for some months without the use of any mechanical equipment.

It is like a birth, time is necessary. From this single unity something will come out which is not simply a combination of the single parts, but the expression of a unique, unrepeatable synergy.


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  Malo-lactic fermentation
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  Refinement in wood
  Fine lees
  Topping up
  Decantation
  Blending
  Bottling
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STORIES OFWORK AND SEASONS
The course of the seasons
  Spring
  Summer
  Autumn
  Winter
Vineyard work
  Vineyard management philosophy
  Layout of the vineyard
  The viticultural system
  Grassing in
  Pruning
  Protection of the vines
  Palisading
  Polling and removing leaves
  Thinning out
  Production yield
  The vintage
Cellar work
  Winemaking cellar philosophy
  Fermentation
  Maceration
  Coadjuvants and other substances
  Malo-lactic fermentation
  Barriccaia
  Refinement in wood
  Fine lees
  Topping up
  Decantation
  Blending
  Bottling
  White wine