Castello di Porcia
TYPOLOGY: Charmat method sparkling wine DOC. Foaming process 2 months
VINEYARD SIZE: 4,70 hectares
GROWING AREA: Azzano Decimo (Pordenone)
SOIL PROFILE: Deep soil with a silty-clay loam texture, sub-alkaline with moderate limestone
GRAPE VARIETY: Glera “tondo” and Pinot Nero (10%)
ASPECT: Northeast-Southwest
AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 8 years
AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 25 metres asl
SISTEMA DI ALLEVAMENTO: Double Guyot
NUMERO DI VITI PER HA: 3.500 vines per hectare
PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 18.000 kg per hectare
VINIFICATION: Grapes crushed, pressed softly. The must is cleared and started to alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts at a controlled temperature between 16-18° C. Refermentation in pumps for 2 months with selected yeasts at 16 °C
MATURATION: In steel
BOTTLE AGEING: 1 month
APPEARANCE: Soft pink with copper glints, with fine and persistent perlage
BOUQUET: Fresh and varying bouquet of fresh fruit, in particular apple, white flowers notes, flanked by elegant hints of small red fruits
PALATE: Fine and silky perlage on the palate. Fresh and savory, harmonious and balanced on the palate. Excellent persistence
SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Ideal wine for finger food aperitifs, appetizers, caprese salad of mozzarella and tomato, first courses such as cold pasta and rice salads, light fish such as cod with olives and fresh cherry tomatoes; a gamble for the strongest palates: try it with gnocchi with duck sauce. An international pairing: accompany it with a croque monsieur or a club sandwich.
Note (Technical values for last harverst):
Alcohol: 11.5%
Total acidity: 6,00 g/l
Ph: 3,15
Pressure: 5,20 atm
Dry extract: 22,00 g/l
Total SO2: 100 mg/l (legal maximum: 200 mg/l)
Residual sugar: 15,00 g/l
Certification: About V.I.V.A Certification
