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Lowest shop price 2023 / 375ml ≈ $28.97Original CHF 24.00 smithandsmith.ch ↗

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2024 Technical Specifications

Alcohol 14.46%
pH 3.29
Total Acidity 5.72 g/L
Grape Varieties Sauvignon Blanc 100%
Classification Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Region Friuli Isonzo
Soil Medium-deep, Well-drained soil with a moderately gravelly-pebbly texture and silica-rich clay mixed with conglomerate
Elevation 33.0 meters
Orientation North–South
Harvest Dates 28–29 August and 2–3 September 2024
Grape Clone Predominantly Italian loose-cluster clones, with fewer French clones
Vine Age 22
Bottling Date 22–26 May 2025
Fining Agents None; natural clarification in steel
Production Details Piere vineyard, Mariano del Friuli; 6,200 vines/ha, 6,400 kg/ha and 1.03 kg/vine across 11.5 ha, trained to simple Guyot. Grapes were destemmed and crushed, underwent pre-fermentation cold maceration at 8°C and cold settling, then fermented at 16–19°C with selected yeast for 18 days. No malolactic fermentation followed. The wine matured eight months on its lees, clarified naturally without agents in steel, and received ten months of bottle ageing. The producer estimates peak maturation at eight years and cellar life at eighteen years.

2023 Technical Specifications

Alcohol 13.88%
pH 3.28
Total Acidity 5.72 g/L
Grape Varieties Sauvignon Blanc 100%
Classification Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Region Friuli Isonzo
Soil Medium-deep, Well-drained soil with a moderately gravelly-pebbly texture and silica-rich clay mixed with conglomerate
Elevation 33.0 meters
Orientation North–South
Harvest Dates 8–10 and 12 September 2023
Grape Clone Predominantly Italian loose-cluster clones, with fewer French clones
Vine Age 21
Bottling Date 21–24 May 2024
Fining Agents None; natural clarification in steel
Production Details Piere vineyard, Mariano del Friuli; 6,200 vines/ha, 6,400 kg/ha and 1.03 kg/vine across 11.5 ha, trained to simple Guyot. Grapes were destemmed and crushed, underwent pre-fermentation cold maceration at 8°C and cold settling, then fermented at 16–19°C with selected yeast for 18 days. No malolactic fermentation followed. The wine matured eight months on its lees, clarified naturally without agents in steel, and received ten months of bottle ageing. The producer estimates peak maturation at eight years and cellar life at eighteen years.

2020 Technical Specifications

Alcohol 14.52%
pH 3.46
Total Acidity 5.75 g/L
Grape Varieties Sauvignon Blanc 100%
Classification Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Region Friuli Isonzo
Soil Medium-deep, Well-drained soil with a moderately gravelly-pebbly texture and silica-rich clay mixed with conglomerate
Elevation 33.0 meters
Orientation North–South
Harvest Dates 3–5, 7 and 9 September 2020
Grape Clone Predominantly Italian loose-cluster clones, with fewer French clones
Vine Age 18
Bottling Date 25–27 May 2021
Fining Agents None; natural clarification in steel
Production Details Piere vineyard, Mariano del Friuli; 6,000 vines/ha, 5,150 kg/ha and 0.83 kg/vine across 12.5 ha, trained to simple Guyot. Grapes were destemmed and crushed, underwent pre-fermentation cold maceration at 8°C and cold settling, then fermented at 16–19°C with selected yeast for 23 days. No malolactic fermentation followed. The wine matured eight months on its lees, clarified naturally without agents in steel, and received nine months of bottle ageing. The producer estimates peak maturation at ten years and cellar life at twenty-two years.

2010 Technical Specifications

Alcohol 13.95%
pH 3.3
Total Acidity 5.72 g/L
Grape Varieties Sauvignon Blanc 100%
Classification Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte
Region Friuli Isonzo
Soil Medium-deep, Well-drained soil with a moderately gravelly-pebbly texture and silica-rich clay mixed with conglomerate
Elevation 33.0 meters
Orientation North–South
Harvest Dates 9–12 September 2010
Grape Clone Predominantly Italian R3-type clones, with fewer French clones
Vine Age 17
Bottling Date Early June 2011
Fining Agents None; natural clarification in steel
Production Volume
Magnums600
Production Details Piere vineyard, Mariano del Friuli; 6,000 vines/ha, 5,544 kg/ha and 0.92 kg/vine across 8.03 ha, trained to simple Guyot. Grapes were destemmed and crushed, underwent pre-fermentation cold maceration at 8°C and cold settling, then fermented at 16–19°C with selected yeast for 25 days. No malolactic fermentation followed. The wine matured seven months on its lees, clarified naturally without agents in steel, and received ten months of bottle ageing. The producer estimates peak maturation at seven years and cellar life at sixteen years.

Shop prices

ReferenceVintage / sizePrice / bottleSource
Shop price 2023 / 375ml ≈ $28.97Original CHF 24.00 smithandsmith.ch ↗
Shop price 2008 / 750ml ≈ $67.60Original CHF 56.00 smithandsmith.ch ↗
Shop price 2023 / 750ml ≈ $51.91Original CHF 43.00 smithandsmith.ch ↗
Shop price 2024 / 750ml ≈ $37.15Original €33.00 gute-weine.de ↗

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Producer Information

Address
Loc. Vie di Romans, 1, 34070 Mariano del Friuli (GO), Italy
Phone
+39 0481 69600
Owner
Gallo family
Cellarmaster
Gianfranco Gallo

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