VINEYARD

Category: white, dry
Grape variety: chardonnay 100 %
Source vineyard: Ciampagnis Vieris
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 18 years
Vine density: 6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/acre)
Yield per hectar and per vine: 5,748 kg/ha (5,132 lbs/ac) and 0.96 kg/vine
Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.60 x 1 m
Area: 4.61 ha (11.39 ac) in production
Elevation: 32 m s.l.m.
Exposure: North - South
Training method: simple guyot
Soils profile: rather shallow, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, some clay, reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminum oxides, well-drained
Harvest period: 3rd, 4th and 5th September

VINIFICATION

De-stemming and crushing
Pre-fermentation cold maceration: 8 °C (46 °F)
Pre-fermentation cold settling
Fermentation: 16 ÷ 19 °C (61 - 66 °F)
Yeast: selected strains
Length of fermentation: 20 days
Malolactic fermentation: not made
Maturation: 6 months on dead yeast cells
Clarification: non-agent natural in steel
Bottling: Mid of May, 2010
Bottle-ageing: 11 months
Production: 23,876 - 750 ml bottles, 1,500 - 375 ml half bottles