RIBOLLA GIALLA
Designation: SPARKLING WINE “COLFONDO”
Fermentation in the bottle as per traditional method
Year of production: 2015
Vinification: from squeezing the whole grapes Ribolla Gialla (80%) and Chardonnay (20%).
In stainless steel tanks on wild yeasts, no filtrate, no fining agents, no stabilizers.
Bottled withoud filtre, refermentation without selected yeasts added and sulphites.
Aged in bottles at least 9 months before put in the wine on sale.
Vineyard: Castel San Mauro - South South-East, 150 - 200 m s.l.m.
Vineyard age: Chardonnay 40 years (3500 vinestock / Ha), Ribolla Gialla 15 years (5000 vinestock / Ha)
Soil: uniformly composed of marls and stratified sandstones of Eocen origin (50 million years old) which erosion has formed the typical clayey soil called FLISCH OF CORMONS, most commonly called PONCA
Training system: TRITON
Avarage yield: 55 quintals / Ha
Harvest: early-ripening, mid August, handmade in crates
Analysis:
Alcohol 12,00 % vol.
Residual sugar 0,50 g/l
pH 3,32
Totale acidity 5,70 g/l
Volatile acidity 0,59 g/l
Total SO2 18 mg/l
Free SO2 4 mg/l
Bottle size: 0,75 l – 1,50 l