Red
Carcajrun
By La Chimera, Valle di Susa, Piemonte, Italy
A light, partly whole-bunch Gamay from young mountain vines in Chiomonte.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Grape
- Gamay
- Production area
- Chiomonte, Valle di Susa (Torino)
- Soil
- Calcareous schist and limestone
- Harvest
- By hand in small crates, early October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained vines about 15 years old at 750 to 800 m; yield 5 to 6 t/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented 6 to 8 days in temperature-controlled stainless steel with about 30% whole bunches and native yeasts; malolactic and ageing in steel; 4 to 6 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18°C