OCONE - Agricola del Monte Srl
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Produce |
Agricola Del Monte Srl |
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Enologist |
Carmelo Ferrara |
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Production zone |
Hillsides of Ponte, Sannio – Campania with South-west exposure - 300 meters above sea level |
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Soil |
Predominantly chalk |
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Varietal |
15 % Aglianico 85 % Piedirosso |
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Harvest |
A late harvest which allows for full grape maturity and great ageing potential - hand-picked into baskets |
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Grape yield |
60 quintals per hectare |
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Vinification |
Gently pressed and placed in large vertica wood vats until the completion of both the alcohol and malolactic fermentation |
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Alcohol content |
13% |
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Conservation |
6 months in stainless steel vats and bottled without filtration July of the following year for approximately 90 days |
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Organoleptic characteristc |
A big wine, deep in colour with light violet reflections. Young, ample and rich with a complex structure and elegant aromas of red fruit - predominantly cherry – with a soft and balanced finish. |
..... between myth and reality .....
CALIDONIO
The legend tells of Eneo, grandson to Dionysus and grandfather to Diomede, while sacrificing to the gods on Olympus, forgot the bid to the goddess Artemis (Diana). This offence sent a terrible boar against the people of Calledone (Etolia), subjecting them to a never ending bloody raid by the unstoppable beast. Meleagro, Diomede’s uncle, intervened, managing to kill the fierce wild boar and removed the tusks as proof of the greatness of the predator. This trophy was celebrated as a genuine relic of the "venerated Arcadia". The legend describes the tusks as having the circumference of not less than three palms. Diomede kept one of the tusks for Benevento while other cities he founded were the "palladio" – a statue of Minerva which the Trojans considered sacred. The myth of the foundation of the hidden symbol has most probably multiple meanings.