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RIOSTO PIGNOLETTO
Name: Spumante di Pignoletto DOC Colli Bolognesi (Charmat method)
Grape: Pignoletto
Technical Information:
Area: 2,5 hectare
Altitude: 350 mt o.s.l.
Exposure: South/ South East
Plant Density: 3.333 grapes per hectare
Soil Composition : Pliocene sand 48%, lime 28%, clay 24%
Growing System: Guyot
Vinification and Aging:
Yield: 8000 kg per hectare
Harvest Time: beginning of September
Harvest: by hand in cases (17 kg)
Process: in the destemmed grapes are cooled to 15 ° and pellicular maceration is made for three hours without bisulfites. Cooling of the must to 10 ° for static decantation
Fermentation: in steel vats (18/19°C ) for about 10 days and final tangential filtration
Aging: 3 months in steel vats and 6 month on bottle
Refermentation in pressure vats (Charmat methods) about for 6 monthsat low temperature
Organoleptic Information:
Colour: pale straw yellow, thin and persistent perlage
Fragrance: typical, delicate and lightly aromatic
Taste: dry, fresh bodied, harmonic and well balanced<
Alcohol: 11,5 %
Gastronomy: excellent with hors d’oeuvre dishes, as well as with first courses, white meat and fish, ideal at the end of dinner |
