VINEYARD

Category: white, dry

Grape variety: chardonnay 100%

Source vineyard: Vie di Romans

Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte

Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)

Average planting age: 23 years

Vine density: 6,000 - 7,800 vines/ha (2,428 - 3,156 vines/acre)

Yield per hectare and per vine: 6,460 kg/ha (5,763 lbs/ac) and 1.02 kg/plant

Layout: 1.60 x 0.80 m - 1.90 x 0.80 m - 1.60 x 1 m

Area: 9.95 ha (24.59 ac) in production

Elevation: 31 m (105 ft)

Exposure: North-South and East-West

Training method: simple guyot and spur pruning

Soils profile: Medium deep, with moderate gravel-pebbly texture, clay of reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminum oxides

Harvest period: 12th, 14th, 15th and 21st September 2020

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: 20 - 24 days

Malolactic fermentation: not made

Maturation: 9 months on the lees

Clarification: non-agent natural in steel

Bottling: 13th , 14th , 15th and 16th July 2021

Bottle-ageing: 8 months