VINEYARD

Category: white, dry

Grape variety: sauvignon blanc 100% (more French than Italian clones)

Source vineyard: Vieris

Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte

Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)

Average planting age: 23 years

Vine density: 6,000 - 6,500 - 6,200 vines/ha (2,428 - 2,630 - 2,509 vines/acre)

Yield per hectare and per vine: 4,250 kg/ha (3,791 lbs/ac) 0.71 - 0.65 - 0.68 kg/vine

Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m – 1.90 x 0.80 m - 1.60 x 1 m

Area: 9.42 ha (23.28 ac) in production

Elevation: 31 m (101 ft)

Exposure: East-West and North-South

Training method: simple guyot and spur pruning

Soils profile: rather shallow, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, sand-silt of a reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminum oxides, well drained, little water-retention capacity

Harvest period: 17th, and 18th September 2021

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: 12 - 17 days

Malolactic fermentation: not made

Maturation: 9 months on the lees

Clarification: non-agent natural in steel

Bottling: 14st and 15th July 2022

Bottle-ageing: 8 months