Le Crete

TUF GREEK
Controlled and guaranteed designation of origin
Last year marketed: 2016
Bottles produced: 8000

Features
Grapevine: 100% Greek
Production area: Tuff, Montefusco, Santa Paolina - 400 / 500 mt above sea level.
Soil: clayey-calcareous
Breeding system: espalier with guyot pruning
Average yield per hectare: about 80 quintals
Harvest period: second/third decade of October
Manual Collection

Vinification
Fermentation tanks: Stainless steel
Fermentation temperature: 12 - 16 °C
Duration: two weeks
Vinification: Soft pressing of destemmed grapes in inert press with nitrogen; Cryomaceration
Maturation and refinement: Stainless steel for 4/5 months in contact with fine lees with frequent batonnages
Refinement in bottle for at least 2 months before marketing

Organoleptic characteristics: bright straw yellow colour, hints of limongella apple, citrus fruits and white fruit; in the evolution there are hints of ripe exotic fruit.
On the palate it is decidedly fresh, sapid and with good persistence.
Food pairings: Excellent with seafood appetizers, cold cuts and Italian-style frying; perfect with shellfish, seafood soups and fresh cheese.
Serving temperature: 10 - 12 °C
Alcohol content: 12.5%.

From the ancient family passion for the countryside, from the desire to carry on those traditions and to enhance what makes our territory special, the farm Le Crete - Tenute Casoli was born in 2008. 
A young company wanted and carried on by young people, with the indispensable help and experience of the family, which now cultivates about 13 hectares of vineyards, all located in the province of Avellino, mainly intended for the production of Greco di Tufo DOCG and other great wines of Irpinia (Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Taurasi DOCG and Aglianico DOC). 

The company is located in Irpinia, a territory traditionally suited for viticulture, from which, thanks to a careful management of agronomic resources, as well as a careful and careful selection of grapes, are born wines of great prestige and quality. 

The headquarters of the company is Palazzo Iorio, an eighteenth century mansion, recently undergoing a major restoration, which combines the production/processing of agricultural products and that of wine tourism and hospitality, with tasting rooms, holiday homes for the overnight stay of our guests and rooms for conferences, corporate events or private receptions.