WSET TASTING NOTE 15.03.2024

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Assesment for readiness for drinking and potential for ageing:

Viticulture

Grape Variety: 100% Pecorino mass selection

Location: Feudo Vineyards, Pietranico, Abruzzo, Italy

Appellation: Pecorino d'Abruzzo DOC

Viticultural Approach: Organic

Altitude: 420 m above sea level

Aspect: South-east facing

Soil: White clay. Good water retention properties, beneficial in dry climates. Nutrient Holding: Clay particles hold a negative charge, attracting and retaining positively charged nutrients (cations) like calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Soil Structure: White clay particles might help bind with organic matter and other soil components, potentially improving soil structure for better aeration and root growth. White colour might be due to absence of iron oxide.

Average Age of Vines: 7 years

Planting Density: 4000 plants per hectare

Training System: Espalier, Guyot

Trellising System: VSP

Pruning: Spur-pruning, selection of green buds, green harvest

Pest, Fungi, and Disease Control: Copper, Sulphur, Microorganisms and Zeolite

Vintage report:

Yield per hectare:
Current vintage - 1200 bottles, Full production - 6000 bottles

Vinification

Harvest Method: Hand-picked

Harvest Time: End of August

Free run: Not specified

Direct Press: Yes

Whole bunch pressing: Yes

Cold Soak: Not specified

Hyper Oxidation: Not specified

Clarification: Not specified

Must adjustment: Not specified

Fermentation: Spontaneous with Pied de Cuve (use of native yeasts)

Skin contact during fermentation: No

Fermentation temperature: Not specified

Fermentation vessel: Steel tanks

Malolactic conversation: Not specified

Maturation: Steel tanks

Lees aging: Until bottling

Blending: No

Post fermentation clarification: Not specified

Fining and filtration: Unfiltered, unfined

Stabilisation: Cold stabilisation

Technical specifications

Alcohol: 14,21%

Free SO2: 32 mg/l

Residual sugar: 0,7 g/l

Un-fermentable Carbohydrates: 21,7 g/l

Total Acidity: 6,27 g/l

Volatile Acidity: 0,95 g/l

PH: Not specified

Pressure: Not specified


Packaging

Type of material: 6 bottle, Cardboard box

Volume size: 750ml

Weight: 1225 g

Bottle Information: Not specified

Cork information: Not specified