Wine Details:
Tasting Notes:
Color: Intense ruby red color with purple shades.
Bouquet: Distinctive herbaceous aromas over deep, red fruit, elegant and spicy.
Taste: Velvety mouthfeel, soft, dry cherry and earth notes, slightly tart, young but full.
Alcohol: 12.5%.
Serving Temperature: 16-18º C (61-64º F).
Pairing: Meats (roasted or grilled), game, stews and lentil dishes, and hearty cheeses.
Vinyard Notes:
Production Area: The fruit comes from two vineyards (0.8 acres divided into two lots), the Brazzano vineyard and the Mariano del Friuli vineyard in Brazzano di Cormans, Province of Gorizia.
Soil: Alluvial soil with excellent drainage and good fertility; sufficient rainfall appropriate to vine cultivation.
Training System: Cappuccino or double-arched dog on their older vines. Simple Guyot is used for new plantings.
Age of Vines: Brazzano vineyard planted in 1985 and Mariano del Friuli vineyard planted in 1998.
Vine Density: 3,500 – 4,000 vines per hectare.
Viticulture: Grass between alternate rows. Bunch cutting, according to the season to maintain a consistent yield for vine. Old leaves near the grape bunches are removed to keep the grapes healthy and complete ripening.
Winemaking Notes:
Harvest: Manually, mainly in the early hours of the morning near the end of October.
Vinification: Traditional, starting with careful destemming; followed by fermentation on the skins. Wine is drawn off after 4-7 days. Then light pressing of the skins. Wine left in contact with lees for a long period.