Rapalino Vughima

Classification of Wine: Red Still Wine Langhe Denominazione di Origine Controllata Varietal: 100% Freisa, Langhe DOC Vintage: 2018 Vineyard Designation:  Langhe di Alba Soil: clay-calcareous-marl east of the town Alba, south-east exposure Pruning: Guyot Yield: 4 tons/ha Acidity: 5.98 g/l RS: 1.84 g/l ABV:  15.0% Sulfites: 61 mg/l Winemaker:  Marco Rapalino Following their harvesting by hand beginning of October, the grapes are pressed and transferred into temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks.  These vats are temperature controlled to 28 °C.  Fermentation with maceration that varies depending on the year between, 15 and 21 days. The cap is punched down every 2 hours for 2 minutes the first five days. Then for 2 minutes every 4 hours. In the last period for 1 minute each six hours. Racking is done at the end of fermentation, the wine does not macerate on the skins after fermentation is over. After racking they are left in steel tanks to undergo a second malolactic fermentation. A