Luna Rossa (red wine)

Along the slopes of the Vesuvius, strips shine and glowed up against the background of the nightly darkness. From the rows of the vineyard a glimpse could be taken up of a red light, it was the moon, a fiery red moon.

The grapes are harvested by hand and placed in pre -cleaned plastic boxes, in each box a maximum of 15 kg of grapes is collected to prevent the grains from being crushed naturally during transport. An envelope with dry ice is placed on each box. This procedure is used to keep the grapes at a temperature that does not allow early and uncontrolled fermentation. Once in the basement, the grapes are processed in a crusher-de-stemmer. This process ensures that the stems are separated and pressed from the grains. After this phase, the grapes are placed in steel silos, where the fermentation at a controlled temperature (between 24-26 °. This process takes 8-10 days, after fermentation the must is placed in ripening tanks and then processed and bottled.

Characteristics
Year: 2019
Winery: Le Lune del Vesuvio
Grape varieties: Aglianico
Wine region: Italy/ Campania
Soil characteristics: volcanic
Wine style: Southern Italy Red
Harvest period: October
Acidity: 5.50
Alcohol percentage: 12.5% ​​full.
Serving temperature: 18 ° C - 20 ° C
Allergens: contains sulfites