Decius
Decius is a red dessert wine with 100% Sagrantino grapes. The grapes are picked by hand during the second half of October and are then left to raisin on wooden racks for two to three months. The must is fermented spontaneously with natural yeasts in open vats, without any temperature control and no sulphites are added. During the fermentation the must and skins are mixed manually several times a day. The wine is aged in large oak casks from Slavonia for at least four years, during which it is racked and naturally becomes progressively finer and clearer.
We only use large casks made of seasoned wood so that the wine evolves while aging but maintains its distinctive nature. It is bottled without being filtered and no sulphites are added.
Wine Type: Red Raisin Wine
Wine Denomination: Umbria Rosso IGT
Grape Variety: 100% sagrantino
Vineyard
Vigna Fracanton
Planting
1975
Planting System
2.5 x 3.5 mt
Training System
Palmetta-guyot
Exposure
South-West
Soil
Clay/silt, whit a good skeletal structure, high in organic substance, and a good nitrogen-carbon ratio. Higher in active limestone, which makes it ideal for the quality of the wines.
Cultivation of the vineyard
The vines are cultivated using biodynamic techniques. Only copper, sulphur and biodynamic preparations are used as defence against disease. We work to increase the humus through green manure and biodynamic soil preparations. No synthetic chemical products are used.
Harvest
The second half of October. Harvesting by hand selected bunches, which are placed on racks for natural drying that lasts about two months.
Vinification
Prolonged fermentation with indigenous yeasts, without temperature control. After 15-20 days of fermentation on the skins, the wine is racked and the fermentation continues in oak barrels. Soft pressing with horizontal membrane press. The wine is then vinified and bottled without the addition of sulphur dioxide.
Ageing
Minimum 5 years in Slavonian oak casks.
Bottle ageing
Minimum 12 months. Marketed in 37.5cl bottles.
Ageing potential
It has a practically unlimited capacity for ageing and can be stored for over 20 years.
Tasting
Ruby red, with garnet reflections, clear, consistent. Extraordinary olfactory impact in terms of elegance and complexity, sweet, ethereal scents, with clear notes of morello cherry and wild berries. Each sip is a concentration of flavour, sweetness and structure.
Serving temperature
18° – 20° C. Open two hours before serving
Pairing suggestions
Umbrian rocciata, tozzetti with sultanas and almonds, mature cheeses, lamb.
Bottles Produced
2015 1560 | 2014 no | 2013 no | 2012 1320 | 2011 2265 | 2010 no | 2009 2650| 2008 1304 | 2007 1330 | 2006 1333 | 2005 1800 | 2004 1200 | 2003 1440| 2002 1333 | 2001 1200 | 2000 1066 | 1999 no
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