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Alcohol: 13.7 %
Total acidity: 5.5 g/l
pH: 3.47
Estimated peak of maturation: 10 years
Estimated cellar life: 20 years
Category: red, dry
Grape variety: merlot 100 %
Source vineyard: Maurus
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 21 years
Vine density: 6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/acre)
Yield per hectare and per vine: 4,200 kg/ha (3.747 lbs/ac) and 0.67 kg/plantt
Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.90 x 0.80 m
Area: 1.20 ha(2.96 ac) in production
Elevation: 31 - 32 m (101 - 105 ft)
Exposure: North - South and East - West
Training method: spur pruning
Soils profile: medium deep, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, ranges from sand-silt to clay-silt, reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminum oxides, well drained little water-retention capacity
Harvest period: 27th September 2018
De-stemming and crushing
Skin contact: 26 days, plunging and delestage applyed.
Fermentation vassel: Stainless steel vats
Pre-fermentation cold settling
Fermentation: 18÷30°C (64 - 86 °F)
Yeast: selected strains
Length of fermentation: 11 days
Malolactic fermentation: complete
Maturation: 19 months in barrels, followed by 8 months in steel until completion of natural clarification
Bottling: 23rd July 2021
Bottle-ageing: 14 months