About this wine
Vineyard and terroir
The 2006 Gran a Gran is a sweet white wine from the Boghis, Vignai and Piere vineyards in Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte, at Mariano del Friuli. The 1.19 ha of producing vineyard stood at 33 m, with East–West and North–South exposures. The vines averaged 16 years of age, were trained to simple Guyot and planted at 6,000 vines/ha, using layouts of 2.4 × 0.7 m and 1.6 × 1 m. The shallow to moderately deep soils contain abundant gravel and pebbles, with a reddish silt-clay fraction coloured by iron and aluminium oxides, and are well drained. Yield was 2,180 kg/ha, equivalent to 0.36 kg per vine.
Grapes
The Italian wine page and 2006 technical sheet identify the wine as 100% Gewürztraminer. The English wine page gives a different composition: 50% Gewürztraminer, 25% Malvasia Istriana and 25% Rhein Riesling.
Vinification
Harvest took place on 21 October 2006, when 90% of the berries were affected by botrytis. Destemming and crushing were unnecessary. The fruit underwent cold skin contact at 10°C and cold static settling. Fermentation with selected yeasts lasted 65 days at 17°C. Malolactic fermentation was not carried out.
Ageing
The wine matured for 12 months in barriques on the lees and was clarified naturally in stainless-steel tanks. It was bottled in early December 2007 and then aged in bottle for 36 months.
Technical data
Alcohol is 11.5%, total acidity 7.5 g/L and pH 3.94. Production comprised 752 bottles of 500 ml. Estimated peak maturity is six years, with an estimated cellar life of ten years.
