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Solivo
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Region:
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Friuli Venezia
Giulia |
Province: |
Udine |
Town: |
San Giovanni
al Natisone |
Locality:
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Collina
– Località Ronchi |
Altitude: |
750 ft (250 m) |
Soil: |
Alternating marl (chalky
clay) and crumbled sandstone -
caracteristic for the Friulian hills. |
Grape variety: |
50% Pinot Bianco, 35%
Tocai Friulano e 15% Riesling |
Training of vines:
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Guyot Monolaterale |
Vines/Acre: |
1,700 (4,200/Ha) |
Age of vineyard: |
1973 |
Yield/Acre: |
1,600 liter (4,000 liter/Ha) |
Harvest: |
First three weeks of September |
Vinification:
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The varieties are fermented
separately with specially selected
strains of yeast, using enological methods and state of the art equipment,
which allow very soft pressing to avoid the crushing
of the pits that could add an unpleasant bitter taste to the must.
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Fermentation
container:
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Stainless
Steel
Pinot in barriques
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Malolactic
fermentation:
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Yes
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Filtration:
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Lightly
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Fining:
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Aging container: |
Stainless Steel |
Bottling date: |
Aug 1998 |
Release date:
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Sept 2000
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Acres: |
3.75 (1.5 Ha) |
Production: |
3,500 btls |
Brix at harvest: |
22 |
Alcohol: |
12.8% |
Total acidity: |
5.0 g/l |
Dry extract: |
10.5 g/l |
PH: |
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Residual sugar: |
1.2 |
Color |
Straw yellow, intense and brilliant |
Fragrance |
rich perfumes of mature fruit with vanilla
from new oak barrels.
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Taste |
Intense aromatic flavors of pine apple,
mango and banana. The pleasant acidity gives the wine a persistent and elegant
finish. |
Food matching: |
Combines well with fatty salami but also
with flavorfull pasta sauces and both white and red meats. |
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VINILANDIA
USA – P.O. BOX 17614 – PORTLAND, ME 04112
WWW.VINILANDIAUSA.COM
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Wine: |
Colli Orientali del Friuli Solivo
1997 |
Score: |
84 |
Price: |
$17 |
Country: |
Italy |
Region: |
Northeast |
Issue: |
Jun 30, 2002
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Some very ripe fruit in this rather
mature white from Friuli. Aromas of lemon peel, ripe apple and wax. Full-bodied.
Fruity. Medium finish. Pinot Bianco, Tocai Friulano and Riesling. Really
needs drinking at this point. Drink now. 450 cases made. (JS)
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