Wine Di Lenardo, Sauvignon Blanc, Venezia Giulia IGT, 2010
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Sauvignon Blanc: 100%
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Tasting Notes
Wine of pale straw color with a greenish tint.
The taste of wine is well-balanced and elegant, with fresh acidity, oily texture, hints of yellow pepperoni, melon, peach and sage, persistent aftertaste with hints of rice syrup and tropical fruits.
Wine with delicate aromas of yellow pepperoni, melon, peach and sage.
Wine harmonizes well with appetizers of ham and fish dishes with sauce.
Interesting Facts
Sauvignon Blanc wine is made from grapes harvested manually. Berries are accurately and gently pressed in a pneumatic press. After fermentation at a controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks, wine lees remained for the entire period of exposure up to bottling. Malolactic fermentation is performed. Filtering is carried out with the use of new modern bio-systems. The wine will reveal its potential until the end of 2014.
Winery "Di Lenardo," located in the region of Friuli, traces its history to 1878, when Friuli Grave was built the family estate, surrounded by vineyards. The ancestors of the current owner and enologist of the winery - Massimo Di Lenardo - engaged in wine growing in this region since the early 1800s. But it managed to raise Massimo company to a high level, through the creation of amazing wines taste and quality, as well as the introduction of new management techniques vineyards and winery. That Massimo decided to create wines only from their own crops, undertook landing new, specially selected grapes, increase the density of the crop to 6,000 vines per hectare. The four main vineyards - Vigne dai Vieris, Vigne da San Martin, Vigne da Lis Maris and Tiare D'Albe, - occupying 40 hectares of the 150 belonging to the "Di Lenardo," Massimo added a 5 hectare leased vineyards in Aquileia. Harvested by hand. With new methods of vinification used electronic temperature control during fermentation, improve the quality of the final product. Massimo Di Lenardo efforts were not in vain. His wines have earned the appreciation of experts, the renowned magazine "Gambero Rosso" wine called "Di Lenardo" The best price / quality ratio in the region of Friuli. Massimo himself said that despite the fact that the winery and cellars are in the region of Friuli, "in fact, we are located ... on the moon, because our wines are very individual, and their tastes are not typical for the area, but it is very typical ... for us! "