Tintilia del Molise DOC Cantina San Zenone

The Tintilia is a native Molise grape that was rediscovered a few years ago. Tintilia became the most famous variety in the region In fact the Molise is known in the wine business mainly due to Tintilia. The Tintilia of Molise, has unique varietal characteristics such as high acidity, pleasant aromas ranging from ripe red fruit to intense spices such as pepper and clove. Tintilia is cordon spur pruned and the yields per hectare almost never overcome the m80ql / Ha. The San Zenone winery produced its first Tintilia in 2011 with the aim to express in the wine the charachteristic of the variety, that's why after a long maceration of about 21 days, the wine is put in steel tanks for a year where malolactic fermentation is performed. The wine is stabilized after continuous batonage and immediately bottled, it rest for 2 years in bottle before releasing.