2-3 December - 2021
Carrousel du Louvre - Paris
8-12 November 2021
Merano
19th June 2021
Verona
6th March 2020
Moor Building - Miami
7-10 November 2019
Villa d'Este - Cernobbio
Alcohol: 14.90 %
Total acidity: 5.93 g/l
pH: 3.41
Estimated peak of maturation: 7 years
Estimated cellar life: 18 years
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
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