Sauvignon Blanc Vieris, Vie di Romans

SAUVIGNON BLANC VIERIS

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

21 years

Vine density

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

Yield per hectar and per vine

3,940 kg/ha (3,515 lbs/ac) and 0.66 kg/vine

Layout

2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.90 x 0.80 m - 1.60 x 1 m

Area

8.00 ha (19.76 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

10th, 12th and 15th 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

23 days

Malolactic fermentation

not made

Maturation

9 months on the lees

Clarification

non agent-natural in steel

Bottling

22nd and 23rd July 2016

Bottle-ageing

8 months

Technical data

Alcohol

13.80 %

Total acidity

5.45 g/l

pH

3.35

Estimated peak of maturation

9 years

Estimated cellar life

18 years