WINES
2020 DUT UN
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 14.85 %
Total acidity: 6.99 g/l
pH: 3.18
Estimated peak of maturation: 10 years
Estimated cellar life: 22 years
VINEYARD
Category: white, dry
Grape variety: chardonnay 50%, sauvignon blanc 50%
Source vineyard: Vie di Romans e Vieris
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 30 years
Vine density: 6,000 - 6,500 vines/ha (2,428 - 2,630 vines/acre)
Yield per hectare and per vine: 5,500 kg/ha (4,907 lbs/ac) 0.92 - 0.85 kg/plant
Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m – 1.90 x 0.80 m
Area: 1.30 (3.19 ac) ha in production
Elevation: 31 m (101 ft)
Exposure: East - West and North - South
Training method: simple guyot and spur pruning
Soils profile: ranges from shallow to medium deep. With generous gravel-pebbly texture, sand-silt of a reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminium oxides, well-drained
Harvest period: 17th 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: 25 days
Malolactic fermentation: not made
Maturation: 9 months on the lees
Clarification: non-agent natural in steel
Bottling: 13th July 2021
Bottle-ageing: 19 months