Selected grapes are harvested in late September, manually and mechanically. Fermented at a controlled temperature for 7 - 10 days, with a brief continuation of maceration post-fermentation. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Aged in stainless steel, with a brief 6 - 8 month passage in 50 hl. Slavonian oak barrels, then 12 months in cement vats. Refined in the bottle.