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.