Ideal strain for the production of quality sparkling red wines and used as a red fermenter in quality still red wines such as Tempranillo and Malbec.
Characteristics
Imparts characteristics of Cassis, blackberry, black pepper, cherry and raspberry and as a sparkling yeast with good alcohol tolerance, excellent colour stability and good vigour is ideally suited to secondary ferments.
Alcohol tolerance
<14 - 15% alc/vol
Temperature range
18 - 30ºC
Nutrient demand
Low demand - suggest 30g/100 litres of Nutrozim in fractioned doses.