Fiano

FIANO
Synergistic agriculture
Appelation: PGI Salento Fiano.Grape variety: Fiano Minutolo 100%.
Soil composition: clay and loam soil, very rich of siliceous gravel and humus.
Vine training system: free standing espalier (controspalliera libera in Italian), from Rudolf Steiner’s book “The philosophy of freedom”.
Vineyard area: 2 hectares cultivated according to the criteria of Sy-nergistic Agriculture and ICEA Organic Farming.
Density of vines per hectare: 4’545 plants per ha.
Average age of vines: 20 years.
Yield per hectare: 7,5 tons per ha.
Harvesting: hand-picking grapes, half September.
Alcohol by volume: 13 % vol.

Description

In the winery

Winemaking: after destemming and soft crushing grapes, must fer-ments spontaneously with grapes skins thanks to a pied de cuve of native yeasts, the only ones which increase the expression of our Terroir. After 6-7 days of maceration with the skins, must is soft pressed in order to separate it from grape skins. The alcoholic fer-mentation continues for 2 months at low temperature (13-14 °C). Natural fining and stabilization, no fining agents added.No filtration.

Ageing of wine on lees: 5-6 months in steel tanks, shaking it every 15 days. Very low amount of sulphur dioxide added before bottling.

Organoleptic properties: straw yellow colour with greenish yellow reflex; fine floral, fruity and grassy nose. Medium body, soft and very fresh.

Food pairing: ideal with fishes, shrimps and shellfishes; try it with vegetables risotto.

Serving temperature: 8-10°C.

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