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Varietal: Pinot Grigio

Soil type: Marl and sandstone flysch of Eocene origin

This celebrated variety apparently derives from a bud mutation of Pinot Noir. Pinot Grigio favours cooler climates, and finds its ideal habitat on the hillsides. Livio Felluga’s vinification technique gives the wine finesse and elegance, while preserving the faint coppery highlights that are Pinot Grigio’s hallmark.

Hand harvested in the last ten days of September, the grapes are carefully destemmed and left to macerate for a short period. Next, the fruit is soft crushed. The must obtained is then allowed to settle. The now-clarified must ferments in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. After fermentation, the wine settles on the lees in the stainless steel containers for six months. The bottled wine is aged in temperature-controlled cellars for a minimum of two months.

Tasting note: In the appearance, straw yellow with light copper hues. On the nose, very elegant, ample and complex with notes of jasmine, violet and magnolia flower; notes of apricot, pear, gardenia rose, cantaloupe, nashi pear, acacia honey; hints of bread crust and stone. On the palate, elegant first impact, tense, with good balance; excellent retro-nasal aromatics; pleasant mineral note at the end.