Pinot Gris

Pinot Gris 2023


Wine district:

Wine-growing country Primorje, Vipavska dolina


Vintage:

2023

Variety:

100 % Pinot Gris


Wineyard:

Tilia estate:
Potoče (1.0 ha, altitude 120 m a.s.l.),
Pliska (0.5 ha, altitude 170 m a.s.l.),
6000 vines/ha, average plant age 12 years, single guyot training system.
Partner farms:
Podgornik – vineyard Vrtovin; Nusdorfer – vineyard Vrtovin; Vidmar – vineyard Branik; Bone – vineyard Skrilje, Pavlica – vineyard Dornberk, Brataševec – vineyard Male Žablje / breg Plače


Soil:

marl, clay


Wine Yield:

50 hL/ha


Harvesting:

hand-picked


Bottling:

November 2023– June 2024 (bottling unit 3000 bottles)


Production:

25 000 bottles / 2080 cases


Alcohol:

13.0 vol. %


Sugar:

2.0 g/L


Acid:

6.28 g/L


PH:

3.27


Recomended serving temperature

10-12°C


Wine Technology:

The grapes are not crushed before pressing, the juice is stainless steel tank fermented, four months of active batonage, filtrated before bottling.


Wine Description:

Wine is smooth, rich in taste – fruity with a lot of refreshing impressions. Its dominating note is fresh melon, followed by summer pear, green apple and lemon skin notes.


Food and Wine

Recommended with all gently seasoned seafood, pastas and risottos, also well with white meat.


Weather Characteristics of Vintages:

The weather conditions in 2023 are the exact opposite of last year. An extremely wet vintage, which prolonged the vegetation. 14 days of dry weather in August, dry weather in late August and early September. Temperatures on average lower than average for the vegetation, resulting in a later harvest. Favourable acid-to-sugar ratio, slightly higher malic acid content. Harvesting for the sparkling base started on 26 August, early varieties from 3 to 10 September, finishing with Merlot at the end of September.


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