Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

DOC FRIULI

TYPOLOGY: Red wine

VINEYARD SIZE: Deep soil with a silty-clay loam texture, sub-alkaline with moderate limestone

GROWING AREA: Azzano Decimo-Porcía (Pordenone)

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

GRAPE VARIETY: Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

ASPECT: North-South

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 18 years

AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 25 metres asl

SISTEMA DI ALLEVAMENTO: Sylvoz

NUMERO DI VITI PER HA: 2.083 vines per hectare

PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 11.000 kg per hectare

VINIFICATION: The clusters are gently de-stemmed and pressed, and the must ferments with cultured yeasts in steel fermenters at 28-32°C for 10-15 days, then racked into steel tanks for malolactic fermentation and maturation

MATURATION: In steel

BOTTLE AGEING: 3-4 months

APPEARANCE: Deep ruby red tending to purple

BOUQUET: Heady, youthful and fruity, with emphatic impressions of wild blackberry and sour cherry, very distinctive

PALATE: As a young wine it is complex, tannic and with good acidic grip; it mellows as it ages and develops a pleasant bitterish note on the finish

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Excellent with traditional regional pork recipes (pork knuckle, cotechino, pork ribs), accompanies tasty cheeses

Note (Technical values for last harverst):
Alcohol: 12,50%
Total acidity: 5,40 g/l
Ph: 3,50
Dry extract: 26,30 g/l
Total SO2: 75 mg/l (legal maximum:160 mg/l)