GODJE Rosso Riserva Friuli Colli Orientali DOC 2016 - Valentino Butussi

LAND: Hillside with South-West exposure, Di colluvial origin. Composed of marl in depth and sandy clayey from hilly runoff on the surface. This lower median hilly area is always very windy, maintaining a dry and cool environment, which allows slower maturation but able to give freshness and nerve to this Refosco. HARVEST: Manual, the harvest period is evaluated visually to the achievement of the optimal maturation of the grapes, with tasting of the grape seeds, coloring of the brush, transfer of color by rubbing the peel. VINIFICATION: The grapes are destemmed and placed immediately into the vats for fermentation, it is then left to macerate with the skins, until the spontaneous departure indigenous fermentation. During fermentation they are carried out manual punching down daily, until the natural conclusion of the fermentation. The squeezing is with a traditional, modified press to work at low pressure. After a static settling of 24 hours, it is sent still cloudy inside oak barrels from 300 liters for 24 months of refinement. The refinement then proceeds in concrete barrels for a further 6 months. Bottling usually takes place during the last quarter of moon after Easter. AGING IN THE BOTTLE: 12 months, usually entry into the market coincides with Easter of the following year to that of bottling CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WINE: Its color is deep purple red, with violet reflections. On the nose, wild blackberry, ripe cherry, licorice, chocolate. On the palate it is full, ample, mineral and saline, with an acidic note fresh, of great olfactory taste correspondence, on the finish un ample tannins and sweet wine of very long persistence. A wine of great gastronomic versatility, it marries beautifully with all meats, but reaches its maximum in combination with game SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16 – 18° C VARIETY: Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso 100% YEAR OF PLANTATION: 2002 PARCEL: Parcel 6 Map 450 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS: 0.7175 VINES/HECTARE: 4400 YIELD PER HECTARE: 50 - 55 HL / ha TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot ANALYTICAL DATA TOTAL ACIDITY: g/l 5.19 SUGAR: g/l 0.2 TOTAL ALCOHOL: % Vol 13.4 DRY EXTRACT: g/l 28.60 GODJE Red Reserve