San Silvestro Barbera Appassimento (750ml)

The grapes are harvested manually at two different times. 50% of the grapes are picked and dried for 40 days in baskets to concentrate aromas and colour. The other 50% are left on the vine for a natural appassimento (drying of the grapes) and harvested at a later date.  Separate vinification is done on the each of method of the the dried grapes. Maceration takes place for 10 days with daily pumping over. The two wines are blended after the malolactic fermentation takes place and the wine is aged in small wooden barrels for 6-months.