Malbech

IGT TREVENEZIE

TYPOLOGY: Red wine

VINEYARD SIZE: 3.50 hectares

GROWING AREA: Azzano Decimo-Porcia (Pordenone

SOIL PROFILE: Deep soil with a silty-clay loam texture, sub-alkaline with moderate limestone

GRAPE VARIETY: Malbech

ASPECT: NORTH/SOUTH

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 12 years

AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 15 metres asl

SISTEMA DI ALLEVAMENTO: Spurred Cordon

NUMERO DI VITI PER HA: 3.000 vines per hectare

PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 15.000 kg per hectare

VINIFICATION: The clusters are gently de-stemmed and pressed, then the must ferments in steel fermenters with cultured yeasts for 7-9 days at 28-32°C, with regular pumpovers and délestage. After pressing off, the wine is racked into steel for malolactic fermentation and maturation

MATURATION: In steel

APPEARANCE: Ruby red

BOUQUET: Fruity, heady, and youthful

PALATE: Rounded, smooth, refined and varietally faithful

Note (Technical values for last harverst):
Alcohol: 11.5%