PICOLIT

Wine PICOLIT

Variety: Picolit
Origin: Colli Orientali del Friuli DOCG

Vintage: 2008
Ground: flysch on hills
Training system: simple and bilateral Guyot
Density: 1350 plants per acre / 3500 plants per hectare
Yield: 3.3 pounds per plant / 0.5 Kg per plant
Altitude: 570-900 feet above the sea level / 175-300 m above the sea level
Harvest: hand picking in cases, bunch selection before crushing and loft-dried

Vinification: addition of yeasts, fermentation in small French oak barrels
Maturation: 12 months, lees contact in small French oak barrels
Evolution: to enjoy after few years from the bottling
Characteristics: dried-grape white wine, fruity, length after-aroma
Food matching: aged and Stilton chesses, foie gras, meditation wine
Tasting temperature: 60-64°F / 16-18°C

Alcohol volume: 12,5% Vol
Reducing sugar: 145,1 g/l
Net dry extract: 43,4 g/l
Total acidity: 7,1 g/l

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