Vintage
The winter was cold, with frequent rain which helped to replenish the soil’s water reserves, which sustained the vines through the hot summer period. The 2018 summer experienced hot, dry weather, allowing the grapes to reach good maturity levels. The harvest was abundant, with healthy grapes of good quality and character.
Vineyard
The grapes for this wine come from DOCG Valdobbiadene area. Located in the foothills, cooling hillside breezes combine with the warm Mediterranean sunshine creating the perfect microclimate for the Glera variety. The wide diurnal temperature range delivers warm, sunny days and cool nights which encourage the production of balanced, complex and aromatic grapes. Rainfall takes place mainly in spring, which replenishes the soils’ water reserves to nourish the vines throughout the warm, summer growth period. The soils of Conegliano Valdobbiadene have very ancient origins, deriving from raised sea and lake beds. Part of the area was influenced by the ancient glaciers of the Dolomites, which carried sediments downhill resulting in deep soils, rocky and sandy, rich in clay and iron oxides. In the remaining area, unaffected by the glaciers, the soils are marine in origin, with shallower marl and sandstone soils. The vines are Guyot trained and the grapes for this wine are organic.
Winemaking
Vinified organically, the grapes were carefully selected, destemmed and gently pressed by in a horizontal press to obtain the must. The juice underwent a slow, temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks at 18°C reducing to 14°C, with selected yeasts. The wine underwent secondary fermentation in pressurised tanks known as the Charmat method, resulting in the gently sparkling wine, which was then aged in stainless steel tanks to preserve the freshness and pure fruit aromatics.
Grape
Glera 100%
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