VINEYARD

Category: white, dry

Grape variety: chardonnay 100%

Source vineyard: Ciampagnis

Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte

Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)

Average planting age: 21 years

Vine density: 6,200 - 7,800 vines/ha (2,509 - 3,156 vines/acre)

Yield per hectare and per vine: 6,385 kg/ha (5,694 lbs/ac) and 1.02 - 0,82 kg/vine

Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.60 x 1 m

Area: 7.83 ha (19.35 ac) in production

Elevation: 32 m (105 ft)

Exposure: North-South

Training method: simple guyot and spur pruning

Soils profile: rather shallow, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, some clay of reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminium oxides, well drained

Harvest period: 12nd ,27th and 28th September 2021

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 - 22 days

Malolactic fermentation: not made

Maturation: 9 months on the lees

Clarification: non-agent natural in steel

Bottling: 12th, and 13th July 2022

Bottle-ageing: 8 months