Description
This luscious Sauvignon Blanc from Specogna’s hillside vineyards is a knockout. Bursting with tart grapefruit and tropical fruit flavors with classic Sauvignon herbal notes, all supported by the elegance of Friulian soil.
Pair this wine with vegetables, seafood, grilled chicken, and even spicy Thai dishes.
Sauvignon (2024)
$25.00
Details
Typology: White wine
Production area: Friuli Colli Orientali
Grape variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Harvesting: By hand.
Fermentation and refinery: De-stemming and soft crushing then immediately cooled to 7-8°C. 6 hours of maceration at low temperature. Racking and coldhousing for 5 days followed by alcoholic fermentation. 10% of the wine is fermented and aged in large oak barrels with battonage every 10 days, 90% fermented and aged in steel tanks with battonage every 20 days. After 8 months the two parts are blended and and bottled.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Tasting notes: Straw yellow color. Elegant nose with citrus notes of grapefruit, pineapple, yellow peppers and touches of tomato leaves. The taste reflects the aromas and is firmly structured, intense, complex, voluminous, crunchy with a good acid level and a persistent lingering aftertaste.
