Sauvignon

IGT TREVENEZIE

TYPOLOGY: White wine

VINEYARD SIZE: 11,43 hectares

GROWING AREA: Azzano Decimo-Pramaggiore

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

GRAPE VARIETY: Sauvignon Blanc

ASPECT: North-South

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 15 years

AVERAGE ALTITUDE: 30 metres asl

SISTEMA DI ALLEVAMENTO: Spurred Cordon

NUMERO DI VITI PER HA: 3.125 vines per hectare

PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 12.000 kg per hectare

BOTTLES PRODUCED ON AVERAGE: Average 15.000 bottles

VINIFICATION: The clusters are de-stemmed and the grapes cryomacerate at about 5°C for 36 hours; they are then gently pressed, at a maximum -0,9 atmospheres. The must is clarified through enzymatic settling followed by centrifuging, then ferments with cultured yeasts at 17-19°C. This procedure allows the extraction from the grape skins of compounds that are responsible for the distinctive characteristics of this wine

MATURATION: In steel

BOTTLE AGEING: 1 - 2 months

APPEARANCE: Pale straw yellow, with greenish highlights

BOUQUET: Rich and distinctive, with hints of sage and green pepper

PALATE: Full-flavoured, aromatic and long-lingering

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Perfect with seafood salads, “Ravioli di magro” (without meat), baked or grilled fish

Note (Technical values for last harverst):
Alcohol: 12,40%
Total acidity: 5,40 g/l
Ph: 3,38
Dry extract: 18,20 g/l
Total SO2:

84 mg/l (legal maximum: 200 mg/l)