1 BOTTLE X 75cl. 

13,5% vol. 

Category: white, dry
Grape variety: malvasia istriana 55%, tocai 11% and rhein riesling 34%
Source vineyard: Boghis, Ciampagnis and Vie di Romans
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 24 years
Vine density: 6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/ac)
Yield per hectar and per vine: 6,400 kg/ha (5,709 lbs/ac) and 1.06 kg/plant
Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.90 x 0.80 m -1.60 x 1 m
Area: 3.88 ha (9.58 ac) in production
Elevation: 29 - 34 m (95 - 111 ft)
Exposure: East - West e North - South
Training method: Simple guyot
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 aluminum oxides, well drained
Harvest period: 12th, and 19th September

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: 16-24 days
Malolactic fermentation: not made
Maturation: 8 months on the lees
Clarification: non-agent natural in steel
Bottle-ageing: 10 months