Aiace, one of the estate’s leading reds, is a Salice Salentino DOC Riserva. It is named after Aiace Telamonio, king of Salamina, who took part in the Trojan war and distinguished himself among the Greek heroes on many occasions with his strength and great courage.
TYPE OF SOIL: Deep, dry clayey soil with limestone tuff. Average yield is 80 quintals per hectare.
TRAINING SYSTEM: Bush-trained, short-pruned, spurred cordon system.
HARVEST: The grapes are hand-picked in the early morning in mid to late September.
WINEMAKING METHOD: Crushing is followed by temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats, 14–16 days of maceration and scheduled pumping over.
AGEING NOTE: After malolactic fermentation, the wine ages in new and second-fill French oak barriques for 12 months, followed by ageing in large 57hl casks for another 12 months. The wine matures for a further 6 months in the bottles in an air-conditioned room.
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