Production area: Contrada Calderara, township of Castiglione.

Cru: Guardiola

Vineyard extension: 2.1 hectares (almost all prephylloxera, except for replanted vines). Very steep terracing.

Vine trellissing system: traditional “en goblet” or self standing. 1x1 meter tight traditional spacing, which means that the vineyards have to be worked by hand.

Altitude: 800-900 mts on sea level

Type of soil: Volcanic (volcanic ash and sand specked by black pumice.)

Varietal: Nerello Mascalese

Vineyard age: 50 to 150 years

Vinification and ageing: simple, classic, Burgundian. Alcoholic fermentation and maceration on the skins between 10-15 days, malolactic fermentation and ageing in oak (25% new), bottling after 18 months without filtering.

Alcohol%: 14 Vol