Denomination:
Controlled Denomination of Origin.

Productione zone:
The entire Communes of Locorotondo, Cisternino and a part of the Commune of Fasano.

Vineyards' average age:
20 years.

Soil features:
Clayey and calcareous soil.

Plant breeding method:
Apulian Sapling.

Grape varieties:
Verdeca 60%, Bianco d'Alessano 35%, Fiano 5%.

N. of stools per hectare:
6.500.

Grape yeld per hectare:
7.000 kg.

Wine yeld per 100 kg of grape:
60 litres per 100 kg. of grape.

Vintage time:
After the 20th of September.

Vinification:
After a selected choice of the grapes and a control made to verify the right moment of maturation to start the vintage, vinification process takes place, following strictly all the estates of the white vinification.

Wine refining:
After vinification, wine is taken form the tanks and definitively bottled (tirage). Once in the bottles sugar (liqueur de tirage) and selected leavens (pied de cuve) are added, after one year marcs are brought to bottle's neck (remuage) and degorgement is held. The bottle is filled up with sugar syrup (liqueur d'espedition) and corked.