2022 Vie di Romans Pinot Grigio Dessimis

The vines for this Pinot Grigio are at least 20 years old and are planted on a soil of pebbles and red clay. This gives the Pinot Grigio grapes a lot of depth and power. After the manual harvest and very strict selection, the wine is matured for 9 months sue lie (on the yeast) and then gets another 9 months of bottle maturation. In the glass, the wine has a beautiful yellow color with copper shades. In the nose, the wine has a ripe bouquet of citrus fruit, green apples, pear, apricots and something of minerals. The taste is refreshing and ripe with beautiful tones of white fruit such as pear, apple and apricots but also a hint of almond. This Pinot Grigio is incomparable and is complex with ripe fruit and beautiful layers with a great aftertaste.

Gianfranco Gallo of Vie di Romans was one of the first winemakers to see the potential of the Friuli alluvial plain. He took over the estate from his father more than 30 years ago and in 1978 he launched his first wine. Since 1990, almost all of his wines have been mono-cépages (made from the same grape variety), each from a single vineyard. Gianfranco has a unique style of winemaking. He is very closely involved in every part of the process: from the work in the vineyard to the cellar. He keeps the yields per hectare as low as possible and works as organically as possible. His wines are first cold macerated, after which they are fermented in stainless steel tanks or oak barrels (tonneaux and barriques). In order to preserve the freshness (a good acidity) in the wine, he does not carry out malolactic fermentation. After alcoholic fermentation, the wines are aged for 8-9 months in stainless steel tanks or barriques on their 'lie'.