Vie di Romans Friuli Isonzo D.O.C. Dut’Un 2015

Description

VINEYARD

Category: white, dry
Grape variety: chardonnay 50%, sauvignon blanc 50%
Source vineyard: Vie di Romans and Vieris
Geographical area: Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Place: Mariano del Friuli (GO)
Average planting age: 27 years
Vine density: 6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/ac)
Yield per hectar and per vine: 5,500 kg/ha (4,906 lbs/ac) and 0.92 kg/plant
Layout: 2.40 x 0.70 m – 1.90 x 0.80 m
Area: 1.30 ha (3.19 ac) 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: 5th and 14th September 2017
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: 18-22 days
Malolactic fermentation: not made
Maturation: 10 months on the lees
Clarification: non-agent natural in steel
Bottling: 16th and 14th July 2018
Bottle-ageing: 20 months