DOC Friuli - Natives
vineyard
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
Sensory characteristics
Intense red, almost black.
Of blackcurrant and blackberries, slightly spiced.
Tannic, pleasant spice, full, robust, of great character, sapid and salty, complex with good structure.
Soil
Distinctly clayey, marly-arenaceous, alluvial rubble, fresh.
Vine training system
Sylvotz–Cappuccina.
Harvest period
Fourth period of maturation, first and second ten days of October.
Serve with
Friulan food, shanks, musetto (a type of Friulan sausage) and brovada, Triestine Yota (Istrian stew), sauerkraut and bean soup, game and grilled meats.
Serving temperature
At 15-16° in the summer and at 17-18° in the winter in a long-stemmed, wide, capacious, half-orange shaped glass; store the bottle in a fresh and secure place whose level of humidity is between 60-70%.
Vinification
The de-stemmed berries macerate for 20 days and are then drawn into large durmast oak barrels.
Refinement
In large durmast oak barrels for over a year.