Red Wine "Volpe Rossa" - Company: La Cantina di Enza

Number of bottles produced: About 250, this wine is a specialty of the Cellar but of all Irpinia. It comes from an old vine now extinct that Enza is trying to recover and enhance "only the deep knowledge of what surrounds us can lead us to discover even things far from us all driven by curiosity and passion for one's work (Enza)".

Surface area (ha): 500 meters
Soil: clay
Exposure of the rows: south
Altitude: 400m
Grape variety: red foxtail
Rootstock: free foot
Breeding method: old spokes
Average age of vines: About 70 years old
Planting density (vines/ha): 1000/1200
Production per vine (kg/plant): 4-5kg per plant
Production per hectare (q/ha): 45-50 qt
Treatments: copper and sulfur
Fertilizers: No
Harvest start date: mid November even early December
Harvest method: manual in cassettes
Use of grapes purchased from third parties: No
Certifications: organic
Destemming and pressing methods: destemmer
Pressing mode: hand press
Winemakers in: plastic tubs
Maceration: 15-20 days
Sulfur dioxide and/or ascorbic acid: max 5g at the end of fermentation
Use of selected yeasts: No
Stabilization methodology: Nobody
Filters: no
Clarifications: no
Possible refinement in steel: No
Possible refinement in barrels or barriques: 24 months in French oak barrels
Possible refinement in bottle: 12 months
Any corrections: No
Use of concentrated must/rectified concentrated must: No
Using concentrator: No
“Blooding” practices: No
Grape/wine yield (%): 70%
Bottle type: Bordeaux
Cap in: single piece natural cork
Graduation : 14%