HASSAN PASSITO
HASSAN , THE BEAUTIFUL . THIRD KING OF ALGIERS IN 1541.NACQUE AND GREW YOUNG SHEPHERD ON THE MYTHICAL ISLAND DELL’ASINARA.INIZIALMENTE RIPPED BY HIS FLOCK , WON ‘ THE FAVORS KHEIR – AND – DINN , CALLED BARBAROSSA.CON Naughty AND GOODNESS , LIVED AND DIED ALGIERS .
Classification: IGT PASSITO RED WINE ISOLA DEI NURAGHI
HASSAN PASSITO – Red Passito Cannonau wine from Sardinia
Classification: Cannonau di Sardegna passito DOC. Grapes: 100% Cannonau
Number of bottles: 2,000.
Municipality of production: Sorso (SS).
Land altitude: 70 meters above sea level.
Type of Soil: Medium-textured – Sandy with a fair presence of skeleton.
Training system: Spurred cordon.
Plant density: 5681 vines / ha. Yield per hectare:
50 quintals / ha upon harvest, 20 quintals / ha after drying and 8 quintals / ha after refining in wood.
Harvest: Manual, in the second ten days of August.
Vinification: Selection of the bunches, soft de-stemming. Fermentation on the skins 20 days in steel at a temperature of 24 ° C. Aging: In second passage French oak barriques for at least 24 months and then in the bottle for over a year before being put on the market.
Color: Garnet, limpid, with a tending edge. with orange.
Bouquet: Wine with a complex olfactory impact, ethereal with notes of plum, cherry, fruit in alcohol and spices. Taste: Enveloping, warm entrance, with immediately evident notes of sweet fruit. The important alcoholic base is tamed by the right acidity that gives freshness and pleasantness to drink. Very long finish that leaves the palate pleasantly satisfied.
Total acidity: 5.5 gr / l
Dry extract: 32.5 gr / l
Residual sugars: 80 gr / l
Alcohol: 17% vol.
