Passito Wines

Verduzzo

TYPE OF SOIL

Marl and sandstone from Eocene age also known as “ponca”, a distinctive characteristic from the hills of Eastern Friuli (Friuli Orientale).

GRAPE VARIETY

Verduzzo Friulano.

TRAINING SYSTEM

Traditional Friuli single inverted and French Guyot with a plant density of 4,500 vines per hectare.

HARVEST TIME

The last week of September.

VINIFICATION

The grapes are allowed to raisin naturally on the vine to concentrate the sugars and aromas, and are harvested late, destemmed and gently rolled. The resulting must is allowed to macerate for a few days on the skins (at a constantly controlled low temperature), then pressed and fermented in small 225 litre barriques of second and third  ll. Once the desired alcohol and residual sugar concentrations have been achieved, fermentation is arrested with careful use of cold. After separation from the residues of fermentation, the wine rests in barriques for more than a year, during which time it matures and acquires, in part, the aromas of the wood. The wine is bottled in the month of February, but is only presented to the consumer after a suitable resting and maturing period in the bottle.

AVAILABILITY

Early spring one year and a half after the harvest.

INDICATIVE VALUES

Total acidity 6.0 g/L; alcohol content 13.00%, residual sugars 130 g/L.

COLOUR

Clear and luminous intense golden yellow.

NOTES ON FLAVOUR AND BOUQUET

A vinous, distinctive and alcoholic bouquet with delicate honey and vanilla notes from the barrique aging. The palate is sweet, corpulent and robust with a slight tannin component, typical of the variety, supported and closed by a combination of mixed tastes and  flavours from the barrique.

SERVING TEMPERATURE

10 – 12° C.

PAIRING SUGGESTION

Dry desserts, almond cake and creamy, mascarpone-based desserts. Also sublime with prosciutto and figs, pâté de foie gras and pumpkin gnocchi.