{"product_id":"surani-fiano-del-salento-pietrariccia-2011","title":"Surani Fiano del Salento Pietrariccia  2011","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eSurani Fiano del Salento Pietrariccia  2011 is made from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"TrebuchetMS\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003e100% Fiano.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tOver the last few years, the passion for wine and our aim to discover and select the very best\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tof Italian winemaking, have taken the Pasqua Family back to its roots in Puglia, the southern\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\ttip of Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tAround 80 hectares (197.68 acres) of land have been purchased in 2001 in Manduria, within\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tthe Salento region, one of the finest areas for the cultivation of the Fiano grape, where\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tviticulture has very old origins, starting at the time of the Magna Graecia.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe property, which is located about 6 km from the Ionian coast, incorporates a farmhouse\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tcalled Masseria, in the Pugliese tradition and dated around the early 1900s. The Masseria is a\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\ttypical agricultural building which originally was created as an organizational centre for all the\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tfarming operations.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tTo date, 64 hectares (158.14 acres) have been planted with Primitivo, Cabernet Sauvignon,\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tChardonnay and Fiano vines. The finest fruit is obtained as a result of strict cloned selection,\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tmodern vine training systems, and severe pruning, in order to produce a small amount of high\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tquality wines with respect for the terroir and the tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe Fiano grape variety is a fairly strong flavored wine grape native to the south of Italy,\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tparticularly in around Avellino in the Campania region, Sicily and Apulia.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tFiano has been in cultivation for more than two thousand years.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tFiano grapes has orbicular leaves, medium-sized, three-lobed or five-lobed, small or medium\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tbunch, tight, pyramidal with a wing rather developed, medium-berry, ellipsoidal, with resistant\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tgolden yellow skin.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe vines are planted using the Guyot training system, with a density of 6,200 vines\/ha.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t(2,500\/acre) and a yield of no more than 1.2 kg. (2.65 lbs.) per vine. The vineyards are\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tdesigned to fit perfectly into their surroundings: the vines are supported by wooden stakes at\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tthe head of each row, and by galvanized iron posts along their length. long their length. An irrigation system exists, but it is only used in periods of extreme drought.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tThe soil in this area is limestone-based: it is very fertile and permeable, as well as cool and\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tfresh. The reddish ochre color is due to the high iron content. The slopes and the subsoil display phenomena caused by erosion such as the caverns at Castellana in the Province of\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tBrindisi and that of Zinzulusa near Otranto.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t“Pietrariccia” is the typical Salento stone and means literally “shaggy(Riccia)stone (Pietra)” to indicate its typical bristly shape. Pietrariccia gives the name to the 25 acre vineyard.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tVinification: the grapes are picked and then macerated on the skins for 3-4 hours then\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tthe fermentation follows for 10-12 days by the adding of selected yeasts at controlled\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\ttemperature of 16-17° C. Afterwards the wine is stocked in stainless steel tanks before\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tbottling.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tStraw yellow colored with golden hues, a warm inviting nose with elegant hints of apple and citrus fruit. Medium-bodied with a well balanced acidity which gives freshness to the palate\u003cfont color=\"#4d4d4d\" face=\"TrebuchetMS\" size=\"3\"\u003e.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\tExcellent with fresh pasta dishes or seafood and shellfish.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pasqua","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948740177967,"sku":"I1EE181015FIS","price":13.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/4677\/5087\/files\/i1ee181015fis.gif?v=1771483023","url":"https:\/\/timelesswinesdirect.com\/products\/surani-fiano-del-salento-pietrariccia-2011","provider":"timelesswines.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}