WINES
2021 VIERIS
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 14.64 %
Total acidity: 6.33 g/l
pH: 3.27
Estimated peak of maturation: 10 years
Estimated cellar life: 20 years
VINEYARD
Category: white, dry
Grape variety: sauvignon blanc 100% (more French than Italian clones)
Source vineyard: Vieris
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 23 years
Vine density: 6,000 - 6,500 - 6,200 vines/ha (2,428 - 2,630 - 2,509 vines/acre)
Yield per hectare and per vine: 4,250 kg/ha (3,791 lbs/ac) 0.71 - 0.65 - 0.68 kg/vine
Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m – 1.90 x 0.80 m - 1.60 x 1 m
Area: 9.42 ha (23.28 ac) in production
Elevation: 31 m (101 ft)
Exposure: East-West and North-South
Training method: simple guyot and spur pruning
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, little water-retention capacity
Harvest period: 17th, and 18th 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: 12 - 17 days
Malolactic fermentation: not made
Maturation: 9 months on the lees
Clarification: non-agent natural in steel
Bottling: 14st and 15th July 2022
Bottle-ageing: 8 months