Villa Chiopris
Pinot Grigio
D.O.C. friuli
VINEYARD — located in the municipalities of Chiopris-Viscone and San Giovanni al Natisone.
KIND OF GROUND — Alluvial.
GRAPE — Pinot Grigio
TYPE OF CULTIVATION — Cordon trained
VINIFICATION AND REFINING — The grapes are harvested by machine, then steeped in a cold horizontal press for eight hours and the must is cleaned through settling. The fermentation takes place in steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 15°C. Once the fermentation is completed, the product thus obtained is left maturing in the same tanks at a controlled temperature for about four months. At the end of this period, the wine is assembled and bottled. There follows a further long period of refining in the bottle before the wine is distributed.
ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS — It has a straw yellow color. Its bouquet is flowery and recalls the flower of the lime; on the palate it is fresh, medium-bodied with a long finish.
DRINK WITH — pasta dishes, soups, white meat and all kinds of poultry.
LONGEVITY — 3–4 years.
SERVE AT — 11–12°C.