Cabernet Franc

D.O.C. FRIULI

TYPOLOGY: Dry red

VINEYARD SIZE: 10 hectares

GROWING AREA: Azzano Decimo (Pordenone)

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

GRAPE VARIETY: Cabernet Franc

ASPECT: North-South

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 10 years

AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 15 metres asl

SISTEMA DI ALLEVAMENTO: Guyot/Sylvoz

NUMERO DI VITI PER HA: 3.125 vines per hectare

PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 9.000 kg per hectare

VINIFICATION: The grapes are delicately de-stemmed and pressed, maceration in steel for 7-9 days with selected yeasts at a controlled temperature of 28-32 ° C, with pumpovers and délestage. Pressing and racking into steel tanks for malolactic fermentation and maturation

MATURATION: In steel

BOTTLE AGEING: 3-4 months

APPEARANCE: Intense ruby red

BOUQUET: Characteristic herbaceous note enriched by floral and fruity notes

PALATE: Fresh and vibrant, it confirms the olfactory notes. Delicate tannin and good persistence

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Ideal with cold cuts, dishes with meat sauces, also based on game (such as pheasant or wild boar), feather or fur game of small size, roasted or braised, hard cheese

Note (Technical values for last harverst):
Alcohol: 12,50%
Total acidity: 5,30 g/l
Ph: 3,50
Dry extract: 25,00 g/l
Total SO2: 65 mg/l (legal maximum: 160 mg/l)
Certification: About V.I.V.A Certification