Vino da uve stramature “OX” - ‘A Vita

Wine from overripe grapes "OX" - 'A Vita

Francesco presents us this little gem produced in only 400 bottles, produced with red grapes. The grapes that grow on clayey soils are left to overripe on the plant. Harvested in the first week of September, after destemming the must is slowly fermented in barriques where it is refined for 7 years. The gradual drainage determines a slight oxidation helping to define an intense, territorial wine with an incredible complexity.

Service

We recommend serving it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in ballon glasses. Wine that we recommend to taste in a few years when it reaches its maximum expression.

Pairing

It goes well with first courses, second courses of meat, with chocolate, or simply for meditation.

The cellar: A Vita

Behind the name A life there are Francesco Maria De Franco, and his wife Laura Violino. Francesco after graduating in Architecture, soon understands that life behind a desk is not for him. He enrolled at the faculty of oenology in Conegliano, and after taking his degree he returned to his beloved Calabria, with the idea of ​​returning to the land and enhancing Gaglioppo, a grape that has often been mistreated with caricatured versions. Francesco takes care of the old family vineyards, which are in an ideal position, kissed by the sea breeze, being close to the sea, and situated on clayey soils. It cultivates its 8 hectares of organic vineyard, with non-invasive practices and with great respect for nature. In the cellar, the interventions are reduced to a minimum, the fermentations are spontaneous, the yeasts indigenous, the aging times of the wines are long, and no filtration is carried out before bottling. The first wine was released in 2008 and has had an immediate success, a success that does not stop.