Pierale
Moscato IGT Puglia
The name Pierale derives from the contraction of the names Piernicola and Alessandra, Leone De Castris’ last generation. Wine with a straw yellow colour. Sweet taste, in which the distinctive aroma of the grape is well perceivable. Wine obtained from Moscato grapes. Espalier growing system, with a yield of approximately 60 quintals per hectare. Vinification: grapes are left to wither unpicked to allow an advanced ripening; they are picked with great care, carried in boxes to the winery and immediately introduced into a horizontal press for soft pressing. The must obtained is fermented at a temperature of 18°C with selected yeasts. After fermentation, the wine is stored in an autoclave at a temperature of 0°C till bottling. This sweet wine is particularly suited to accompany panettone, pandoro and other cakes. Suggested serving temperature 12 – 13 °C.
VINTAGE
2011
GRAPES
White Muscat
HARVEST
Hand-picked in boxes
AREA OF PRODUCTION
Salice Salentino
TRAINING SYSTEM
Cordon spur with 7.000 vinestocks per hectare
YIELD per HECTARE
60 quintals
AGE AVERAGE OF THE VINEYARDS
15 years
HARVEST
After 15th September
VINIFICATION
The grapes are left on the plant to allow an advanced ripening; they are picked with great care, carried in boxes to the winery and immediately put into an horizontal press for soft pressing; the must obtained is fermented at a temperature of 18° C with selected yeasts. A period of refinement will follow on the thin dregs for about 6 months.
TASTING NOTES
This wine is characterized by a gilded yellow colour, a complex perfume of rose, peach, vanilla and a full, soft and warm taste. Particularly suitable to accompany all kind of cakes. Suggested serving at a temperature of 12 – 13° C
ALCOHOL
10,50 % Vol.
AWARDS
2000 – ’01 Vintages – 4 BUNCH SYMBOL on the 2002 – 2003 “DUEMILAVINI” A. I. S. GUIDE
2001 – ’04 Vintages – A TWO GLASSES SYMBOL on the 2003 GAMBERO ROSSO ITALIAN WINES GUIDE – S. F. A.
2003 Vintage – in the 2005 ANNUARY “BEST ITALIAN WINES” by L. Maroni
