WINES
2020 VIE DI ROMANS
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 14.75 %
Total acidity: 5.6 g/l
pH: 3.60
Estimated peak of maturation: 8 years
Estimated cellar life: 18 years
VINEYARD
Category: red, dry
Grape variety: pinot nero 100 %
Source vineyard: Vie di Romans
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 8 years
Vine density: 7,800 vines/ha
Yield per hectare and per vine: 3,850 kg/ha (3,435 lbs/ac) and 0.49 kg/plant
Layout: 1.60 x 0.80 m
Area: 1.20 ha in production
Elevation: 31 - 32 m (101 - 105 ft)
Exposure: North - South and East - West
Training method: simple guyot
Soils profile: medium deep, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, silt-clay, the upper layer is decalcified while the deeper one is calcareous, well drained, little water-retention capacity
Harvest period: 4th September 2020
VINIFICATION
De-stemming and crushing
Skin contact: 21 days, plunging applied
Fermentation vessel: stainless still fermentation vats
Fermentation temperature: 18÷30 °C (64-86 °F)
Yeast: selected strains
Length of fermentation: 15 days
Malolactic fermentation: complete
Maturation: 14 months in barrels, followed by 1 months in steel until completion of natural clarification
Clarification: completion of natural clarification
Bottling: 23rd December 2021
Bottle-ageing: 14 months