Description
Antinori - Conte Della Vipera 75cl
Winery: Antinori
Grape Variety: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
Region: Umbria, Italy
Alcohol Content: 13%
Food Pairing: Conte della Vipera is straw yellow with light greenish and golden hues. Its nose opens with intense notes of lychees, pineapples and passion fruit that merge with pleasant sensations of grapefruit.
Description: Grape clusters were hand harvested and immediately brought to the cellar where they were cooled down on a refrigerated conveyor system lowering the temperature of the berries before pressing therefore preserving characteristic varietal aromas. Each grape variety was pressed and fermented separately. After a gentle pressing, the musts were kept at a controlled temperature of 10 °C (50 °F) for several hours to facilitate natural clarification, then transferred to stainless steel tanks where alcoholic fermentation took place at a temperature that did not exceed 16 °C (61 °F). Once this phase was complete, the wine was kept at a controlled temperature of 10 °C (50 °F) to prevent malolactic fermentation and perfectly preserve organoleptic qualities. Fresh, verticaland slightly aromatic Sauvignon was blended with soft, tropical Sèmillon, one grape variety completing the other.