The healthy grapes are lightly
crushed and then put into stainless steel vats where they
undergo a long maceration of about 30 days with daily pump-overs
for the first 7 or 8 days. After the alcoholic fermentation
which is carefully controlled, the malolactic fermentation
follows. When this is over the wine is run off and left to
age in stainless steel vats for about 12 months. During this
period the wine is racked every month in the presence of air.