Description
Country | Italy |
Region | Marche |
Wine Type | Sparkling |
Grape Variety | 100% Verdicchio |
Vineyard Location | Vineyard “Fontenuovo” Senigallia (AN), Marche 1,000 meters from the Adriatic Sea |
Soil | Clay and limestone |
Training System | Guyot |
Vine Density | 4,600 vines per hectare |
Yield Per Hectare | 7,000/ 10,000 kg. per hectare |
Vineyard Size | 1.4 hectares |
Annual Production (Bottles) | 2,000 |
Harvest | Hand harvested in mid September in crates |
Vinification | Short cold maceration in vats “Ganimede”, fermentation starts in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and it finishes in the bottle with its own indigenous yeasts |
Aging | 6 months in stainless steel tanks on fine lees with continuous batonnage. It ages for at least 24 month in the bottle |
Organic Certifications | Suolo e Salute – EU Organic |
Environmentally Friendly | |
Alcohol Vol | 12.5% |
Sugar Content | |
Acidty | |
Sulfphite content | |
Perlage | Good persistence of the foam, extremely fine and elegant bubbles |
Color | Straw Yellow |
Aroma | Mediterranean nose, iodine, yeasty nose due to the dissolved lees. Citrus. Some sulfure notes and a slightly wild character |
Taste | Typically savory, yeasty, with aroma of acacia, stone fruit and mediterannean maquis |
Taste Abbreviated | Mediterranean nose, iodine, yeasty, citrus. Off dry, savoury and yeasty finish |
Food Pairing | As an aperitif, with raw seafood, sushi , grilled fish, pizza and baked products |
Food Paring Abbreviated | As an aperitif, pizza, baked product, sushi, seafood |
Suggested Cuisine Style | Mediterranean, Asian, Caribbean, Vegan, Vegetarian |
Serving Temperature | 8-10° C / 48-50° F |
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Type Of Cork | Natural cork |
Standard Bottle Size (L) | 0.75 |
Carton Size | 6 Bottles Per Carton |
Bottle Orientation in Carton | Vertical |
Association | FIVI |