Pinot Grigio

D.O.C. FRIULI

TYPOLOGY: Dry white

VINEYARD SIZE: 14,27 hectares

GROWING AREA: Porcía (Pordenone)

SOIL PROFILE: Deep soil with a silty-clay loam texture, sub-alkaline with moderate limestone

GRAPE VARIETY: Pinot Grigio

ASPECT: North-South

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 8 years

AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 30 metres asl

SISTEMA DI ALLEVAMENTO: Spurred Cordon

NUMERO DI VITI PER HA: 3.125 vines per hectare

PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 9.500 kg per hectare

VINIFICATION: Grapes crushed, pressed softly. The must is cleared and started to alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts at a controlled temperature between 16-18° C. The refinement takes place in steel containers

MATURATION: In steel

BOTTLE AGEING: 2-3 months

APPEARANCE: Straw yellow with greenish glints

BOUQUET: Fruity aroma with hints of pear, unripe yellow fruit, aromatic herbs and lemon peel, wild flowers. Enriched with aromas of hay and toasted almonds

PALATE: Fresh, sapid, soft and persistent aftertaste with citrus and mineral aromas

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Very suitable for starters, especially with ham. Accompanies delicate soups, fish soups and risotto with seafood, freshwater fish, delicate first courses of meat or vegetables, boiled meat or chicken, delicate fish

Note (Technical values for last harverst):
Alcohol: 12,50%
Total acidity: 5,80 g/l
Ph: 3,40
Dry extract: 21,50 g/l
Total SO2: 84 mg/l (legal maximum: 200 mg/l)
Certification: About V.I.V.A Certification