The Bianco Terre Aquilane Lucì is made from a small vineyard of Trebbiano grapes, located next to the Montepulciano vineyard and by a short maceration period in its own skins.
This golden wine, with its sometimes subtle, sometimes intense boquet of white flowers, features great sapidity and body.
It pairs perfectly with first courses of pasta with a white meat ragù sauce, mushrooms and legume soups, soft cheeses and fish.
In the vineyard
- Kind of grapes
- 100% Trebbiano
- Land area
- 0,90 hectars
- Location of the vineyards
- Western hills of Peligna Valley, Abruzzo. 1.247feet (about 400 meters) above sea level
- Soil
- Of alluvial origin, clayish and particularly rich with white siliceus and calcareous stones
- Microclimate
- Features low humidity due to winds, the presence of the highest peaks of the Appennines and the distance from the coast. Temperatures on summer fluctuate widely from very hot during the day to very cold at night
- Method of plant installation
- Guyot
- Age of vineyards
- 8 years, on average
- Plants per hectare
- 4000
- Grape yield per hectare
- Approximately 13227 pounds (60q)
- Manual labour
- Winter pruning, green pruning. The grass at the base of the vines is removed manually (without any weedkiller)
- Treatments
- Copper and sulphur (bio-products)
- Fertilizer
- Manure, fava bean (or “sovescio”).
- Harvest
- Occurs usually within the last days of September and the first days of October, Grapes are harvested manually using small 20 kg (44 pounds) baskets to ensure they are not damaged upon arrival to the cellar.
In the cellar
- Vinification
- Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel barrels and maceration for about 24 hours
- Maturation
- Approximately 12 months in stainless steel barrels with its own fine lees
- Refining in the bottle
- About 6 months
- Note
- The wine is not filtered or pasteurized, it only undergoes natural decantation.
Sulphites are added in considerably lower amounts than the maximum allowed for organic certification.