Yves Leccia Patrimonio Rouge 2015

AOC PATRIMONIO ROUGE 2015

The AOC range is born from the selection of our most beautiful vines located on the unique terroir of E Croce. Available in red, white, rosé for the AOC Patrimonio and sweet white for the AOC Muscat of Cap Corse, this collection brings to each vintage the footprint of its terroir: freshness and minerality that associated with the leg of the winemaker offers wines precise and suave.

THE VINEYARD
This vintage, composed of 90% Nielluciu and 10% Grenache, comes from vineyards located on the unique terroir of E Croce. Planted on hillsides exposed to the South-West, they draw on a clay-calcareous soil on a schistous base at the foot of the chain of mountains that extend Cap Corse. They benefit from a microclimate due to the maritime influence of the Gulf of St Florent, very conducive to a good maturity and distance from diseases. Cultivated, plowed and loosened in a traditional way, the roots of the vines are forced to plunge into the ground to get the best. The harvest is manual, the grapes are sorted and only healthy and mature grapes are picked. The vineyards of this plot as the whole estate are currently undergoing conversion to organic farming.

WINEMAKING
DENSITY: 4000 plants / hectare
VINIFICATION: the grapes are scraped and crushed, then put in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature between 25 ° C and 30 ° C. The vatting lasts 12 to 15 days. Daily winding. The grapes are then drained and pressed. Assembly of the drop juice and press juice.

FERMENTATION: in stainless steel tanks, thermo-regulated, 15 to 20 days approximately. End of alcoholic fermentation and MLF before racking.

BREEDING: 12 months in stainless steel tanks.

TASTING
The dress is a beautiful ruby ​​red very dense, deep. On the nose, beautiful aromas of red fruits: blackcurrant, blackberry and slight note of liquorice. His mouth is greedy, well structured, full of red fruits and some spices.