Villa Chiopris

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In the variety of Friuli Venezia Giulia territory, the Friuli Grave region distinguishes itself for the unmistakable landscape characterized by the stony shore of the rivers and mountainous reliefs that flow down to the Adriatic sea.  A large plain characterized by alluvial clays expanding from the border line with the Veneto region until oriental hills of Friuli, it has as a superior limit, the amphitheatre of morenic hills.

 

The Villa Chiopris (one of the Az.Ag. Livon estates) is located in the oriental extremity of this area, between the towns of Chiopris and Viscone, near the C.o.f.

DOC Friuli Graves 2008 Pinot Grigio

Harvested by hand with collection in boxes, maceration takes place in a horizontal press for eight hours followed by a cleasing of the must through decantation. The fermentation takes place in steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 15°C.  Once the fermentation is completed, the wine is left to ripen ripening in the same tanks at controlled temperature for about 5 months. At this point, definitive assembling and bottling are carried out and a further period of about two months of bottle refinement follows.

 

It has a straw yellow colour. Its bouquet is floreal and resembles of lime; on the palate it is fresh, medium-bodied with a long finish. Best enjoyed with pasta dishes, soups, white meat and all kinds of poultry.  It can be aged for  3 - 4 years.  Best served chilled (but not too cold) to 11 – 12°C.

SKU 519918