NEWS AND EVENTS
GREAT WINES OF ITALY by James Suckling
6 March 2020
Moor Building - Miami
LE GRAND TASTING by Bettane + Desseauve
29-30 November - 2019
Carrousel du Louvre - Paris
MERANO WINE FESTIVAL
8-12 November 2019
Merano
WINE SYMPOSIUM VILLA D'ESTE
7-10 November 2019
Villa d'Este - Cernobbio
IN-DEPTH ARTICLES
I CLIMAT
It is our intention, with our “I Climat,” to present, in the truest and most authentic fashion, our wines’ terroir expression.
Collezione Millesimi
After a few years of careful consideration and planning, we finally have the pleasure of introducing you to our new initiative, Collezione Millesimi (Vintage-dated Collection).
WHAT IS THE TRUE COLOUR OF PINOT GRIGIO?
Straw yellow, coppery, paper white, rosé, onion skin: these are the hues that we can expect when we encounter a Pinot Grigio, so that the question often legitimately arises of what exactly is the correct colour expression of this wine.
2018 DOLEE FRIULANO
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 13,72 %
Total acidity: 5,36 g/l
pH: 3.35
Estimated peak of maturation: 7 years
Estimated cellar life: 16 years
VINEYARD
Category: white, dry
Grape variety: tocai friulano 100%
Source vineyard: Dolée
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/ac)
Yield per hectar and per vine: 5,700 kg/ha (5,085 lbs/ac) and 0.95 kg/vine
Layout: 1.60 x 1.00 m
Area: 2.02 ha (4.99 ac) in production
Elevation: 31 m (101 ft)
Exposure: East - West
Training method: Simple guyot
Soils profile: Rather shallow, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, sand-silt of a reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminum oxides, well-drained
Harvest period: 10th September 2017
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: 10 months on the lees
Clarification: non-agent natural in steel
Bottling: 1st and 2nd August 2019
Bottle-ageing: 8 months