Azienda Agricola Simon di Brazzan - Pinot Grigio DOC

Pinot Grigio DOC

Grapes: Pinot Grigio
D.O.C area: Isonzo del Friuli, municipality of Cormons.
Soils: Alluvial type, irrigated, totally grassed.
Training systems: Spurred cordon
Cultural operations: Organic cultivation, targeted thinning of the bunches, defoliation near the bunches to preserve their health.
Production: 55-60 quintals of grapes per hectare.
Harvest period: End of September, manual harvest carried out in the early hours of the day.
Vinification:
- Destemming of the grapes.
-Cooling of the crushed grapes by means of an exchanger.
-Stop in the press for a few hours.
-Soft pressing by vacuum press.
-Cleaning of the must through flotation.
-Fermentation with selected yeasts at a controlled temperature, 18 ° c.
-Maintenance on yeasts until the end of February in stainless steel barrels.
-On one third of the pressed grapes, fermentation maceration for 18 days
-Separation of the skins from the wine through the use of the traditional press.
-Conservation of the wine in wooden barrels, maintenance of the wine on yeasts until the end of February.
-Wine assembly, one third wood, two thirds stainless steel, protein stability through the use of bentonite.
Wine: I.G.T. Venezia Giulia White
-Alcohol 13% vol
- Total acidity 5 g / l
Production: 4,000 bottles