Winery: Specogna
Grapes: Pignolo 100%
Planting year: 1996
Number of plants: 6,000 plants per hectare
Altitude: 170 m.s.l.m.
Exposure: Hilly with south exposure
Soil: Marl and sandstone
Area of the vineyard: Rosazzo
Production: 800 grams of grape per plant
Training system: Guyot
Colour: Deep ruby red color with purple shades
Parfum: The nose is expressed in all its power with notes of plum, violet, cherry, mulberry, cocoa, coffee, leather, vanilla and spices in a combination that we can perceive in the palate too.
Taste: The taste of fruit, tannins and balanced acidity makes the Pignolo a true, noble interpreter of red wines from Friuli
Winemaking:
• Harvested by hand in boxes of 10 kg;
• De-stemming and soft crushing;
• 10/14 days of maceration in oak vats and conduct of the alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts;
• 50% of the wine is then aged in oak barrels of 500 liters, while the remaining 50% is aged in oak barrels of 225 liters.
• The period of aging is 36/38 months, then proceed to bottling in the waning moon of January;
• After bottling (made without filtration) the wine is aged in the bottle for a year before release.