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The Ponca

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The Ponca

Our  typical soil

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post campagna

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post campagna

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New Web Site

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New Web Site

Welcome to the official website of Malatesta Wines.

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Step 1: Harvesting

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Step 1: Harvesting

Harvesting Only the best grapes are selected and picked manually to give life to the Malatesta’s wine.

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Step 2: Settling

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Step 2: Settling

Settling Whole grapes are gently put and closed in a stainless steel tank.

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Step 3: Carbonic Maceration

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Step 3: Carbonic Maceration

Carbonic Maceration An anaerobic environment is created by pumping CO2 into a sealed tank. This gas permeates through the grape skins stimulating an intracellular fermentation. This process is enhanced heating the tank to 30 C°. Every single intact berry follows is own fermentation.

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Step 4: Pressing

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Step 4: Pressing

Pressing After 10 days the grapes are removed from the tank and gently pressed.

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Step 5: Fermentation

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Step 5: Fermentation

Fermentation:  After pressing, the juice  begins a natural fermentation without adding sulphites and selected yeast. This fermentation could last up to 8-10 days and it’s followed by the malolactic fermentation.

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Step 6: Bottling

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Step 6: Bottling

Bottling:  When the fermentations are completed, the wine is decanted as many times as it needs to become clear and ready for bottling.

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