VINEYARD
Category: white, dry
Grape variety: pinot grigio 100%
Source vineyard: Dessimis
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 16 years
Vine density:6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/ac)
Yield per hectar and per vine:4,940 kg/ha (4,411 lbs/ac) and 0.82 kg/vine
Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.60 x 1 m
Area: 7.50 ha (18.53 ac) in production
Elevation: 34 m (111 ft)
Exposure: East - West e North - South
Training method: Simple guyot
Soils profile: Rather shallow, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, clay of reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminum oxides, well-drained
Harvest period: 2nd, 3rd and 15th 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: 35 days
Malolactic fermentation: not made
Maturation: 7 months on dead yeast cells
Clarification: non-agent natural in steel
Bottling: Mid of June
Bottle-ageing: 10 months
Production: 32,853 - 750 ml bottles, 310 magnums (1.5 l.), 1,504 - 375 ml half bottles
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