Cuvée Flors di Uis, Vie di Romans

CUVÉE FLORS DI UIS

Vineyard

Category

white, dry

Grape variety

malvasia istriana 45 %, tocai friulano 15 % and rhein riesling 40 %

Source vineyard

Boghis, Ciampagnis e Vie di Romans

Geographical area

Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte

Place

Mariano del Friuli (GO)

Average planting age

23 years

Vine density

6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/acre)

Yield per hectar and per vine

6,260 kg/ha (5,585 lbs/ac) and 1.04 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 and North - South

Training method

simple guyot and spur pruning

Soils profile

anges 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

3rd, 11th and 22nd September

Vinification

De-stemming and crushing

Pre-fermentation cold maceration

8 °C (46 °C)

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

8 months on the lees

Clarification

non agent-natural in steel

Bottling

10th and 13th June 2016

Bottle-ageing

10 months

Technical data

Alcohol

13.10 %

Total acidity

5.50 g/l

pH

3.31

Estimated peak of maturation

8 years

Estimated cellar life

20 years