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: 23 years

Vine density: 6,000 - 7,800 vines/ha (2,428 – 3,156 vines/ac)

Yield per hectare and per vine: 6,320 kg/ha (5,638 lbs/ac) and 0.9 kg/vine

Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.60 x 1 m - 1.60 x 0.80 m

Area: 9.05 ha (22.36 ac) in production

Elevation: 34 m (111 ft)

Exposure: East - West e North - South

Training method: simple guyot and spur pruning

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: 27th, 28th August and 4th September 2020

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: 25 days

Malolactic fermentation: not made

Maturation: 9 months on the lees

Clarification: non-agent natural in steel

Bottling: 19th and 20th July 2021

Bottle-ageing: 8 months