Tritan

Dati tecnici:
Production area: Taburno/Sannio area
Organic grapes: Bioagricert-certified
Soil: Clayey-marly-calcarenite hills of Calore with gently sloping slopes, engraved by pronounced impluviums
Vines: Aglianico 85%, Other native vines 15%
# of plants per hectare: 4.000
Training system: Espalier, Guyot
Harvest period: Third decade of October
Harvest: Manual
Vinification: Destemming-pressing with short maceration and fermentation for about 7 days at controlled temperatures of 20°/22°C.
Aging: Bottle for about 6 months.

STORIA ETICHETTA:

Fight of Samnite gladiators Tomb painting 4th Cent. B.C.

National Archaeological Museum of Paestum (Sa)

The gladiator Samnes Tritan, cited for the Herculean strength by Pliny the Elder in the Naturalis Historia, fought with equipment similar to a Samnium warrior: a sword,

the gladius, a shield, the scutum, a greaves, the ocrea and a helmet.