VINEYARD

Category: white, dry

Grape variety: malvasia istriana 100 %

Source vineyard: Dis Cumieris

Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte

Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)

Average planting age: 15 years

Vine density: 6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/acre)

Yield per hectare and per vine: 5,740 kg/ha (5,121 lbs/ac) e 0.93 kg/plant

Layout: 2.20 x 0.80 m – 1,60 x 1.00 m

Area: 1.50 ha (3.71 ac) in production

Elevation: 32 m (108 ft)

Exposure: North - South

Training method: spur pruning

Soils profile: rather shallow, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, some clay, reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminium oxides, well-drained

Harvest period: 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: 22 days

Malolactic fermentation: not made

Maturation: 8 months on the lees

Clarification: non-agent natural in steel

Bottling: 31st May 2021

Bottle-ageing: 9 months