Pucino
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

GRAPES
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
DOC ZONE
Colli Orientali del Friuli
MUNICIPAL TERRITORIES OF PRODUCTION
Corno di Rosazzo, Premariacco, Cividale del Friuli and Faedis
GRAPE YIELD
About 90 - 95 quintals/hectare
TRAINING SYSTEMS
Spurred cordon and Guyot
PLANTING DENSITY
4.600 - 5.000 quintals/hectare
HARVEST PERIOD
Late September
ALCOHOL CONTENT
About 12.5% vol.
WINEMAKING TECHNIQUE
The grapes are destemmed before macerating on the skins at 4 °C for a week. Subsequent brief fermentation is in temperature-controlled fermentation tanks.
Maturation and ageing continue in steel until the following spring.
WINE
The vibrantly intense ruby has a distinct purplish rim.
Freshness and warm alcohol on the nose mingle with briary fruit and raspberries that allow subtle hints of liquorice to peek through. The frank, caressingly balanced palate is braced by a faint background note of herbaceousness. What emerges is an outstandingly fresh-tasting wine that successfully partners fish as well as meat.
The Collavini family tradition is to bottle this wine in spring.
SUGGESTIONS
Storage: lay the bottle on its side in a dark, dry room at a temperature of 15 °C.
Food matchings: excellent with white meat dishes and equally delicious as a partner for eels and other fat-rich fish, skate and tomato-based fish soups.
Friulian food: Boreto alla gradese (Grado-style fish soup).