Description:
Colour: Intense yellow with light green reflections. Parfum: Sweet, large, spicy with varietal characteristics; with hints of citrus, almond, walnut, exotic fruit and hints of white peach, sage and white pepper. Taste: Wine with a great structure, with good acidity and harmonious fruit and spice; the typical almond aftertaste and exotic fruit is very persistent.
Grape varierty:
Friulano, Malvasia, Ribolla Gialla - Bianco Doc Friuli Colli Orientali.
Production area:
Rocca Bernarda. Exposure hilly south- east, at 110 to 170 m.a.s.l. Soil marl and sandstone.
Vinification:
Harvested by hand in boxes of 10 kg. De-stemming, soft crushing. 24 hours of maceration. Racking and fermentation (with indigenous yeasts) in oak tonneaux of 5 hl. Aged in oak barrels of 5 hl for about a year. The wine is placed in steel tanks where it ages for at least 6 months. After this period of refinement the wine is bottling.
Food Pairing:
Very complex wine, which can also be combined well with tasty main courses.
Serving temperature:
10 - 12°C.
Ageing potential:
over 10 years.
Bottle to:
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt.
Allergens:
wine can contain sulphites.
Producer:
Specogna Winery
In 1963 Leonardo Specogna, after residing in Switzerland as an emigrant for some years (typical situation for the people of the Friuli region in those years), went back to Friuli Venezia Giulia and bought a small plot of land on the hills of Rocca Bernarda in Corno di Rosazzo, in the heart of the vineyards in Friuli. These lands have always been devoted to oenology and here the plant of the vine has found the best conditions since Roman times, thanks to the fact that in this oriental strip of land of our region the climate and the soil have features that are unique and exceptional for winemaking. That was the origin of it… It all started with a 360-degree company that covered many aspects of the production for private consumption: dairy, cereal and wine production. Later, when Graziano and his wife Anna Maria started working in the company, the management techniques of the vineyards and of the winemaking were improved, making the farm more specifically focused on the winemaking sector. Nowadays, the activity of the company is galvanised by the presence of the third generation of Specogna winemakers Cristian and Michele that long ago have taken the lead of the company. They are granting an important company development trend and an expansion of the sales into the most important international markets. Today our company has an overall surface of 25 hectares, 22 of which are vineyards. We produce more or less 120,000 bottles per year, 50% of which are sold on the national market and 50% in more than 30 countries in the world.
Azienda Agricola Specogna S.S.
Via Rocca Bernarda 4
IT - 33040 Corno di Rosazzo (UD)
cristainspecogna@yahoo.it
