Description
Wine variety | Sauvignon Blanc |
Alcohol | 12.5% |
Variety Sauvignon Blanc is grown on gravelly terrain of the vineyard, on the micro-location of Tuzi, in the coastal area of Lake Skadar. This variety achieves excellent results in Podgorica subregion, and gives very refreshing, aromatic white wine, with marked minerality. This intense minerality testifies of its specific terroir. The wine has straw yellow color with greenish hues. On taste, it reminds of green pepper and elderflowers with notes of spicy herbs. Wine is balanced, full-bodied, nicely rounded and very refreshing. It has mineral and citrus tones in the aftertaste.
Serving
Temperature: 9–11 °C
Glass: Universal white wine glass
Food pairing
Salads, fish, seafood especially crabs, pasta and risotto with aromatic herbs, grilled vegetables, chicken and turkey meat with spicy sauces, all types of goat cheese.
Technical characteristic
Harvest
Due to extremely high temperatures and low precipitation during the ripening process, unusual even for Ćemovsko polje, technological maturity of grapes was accelerated. Because of climate conditions, mild dehydration of grapes happened, especially to those with thinner epidermis/skin. Grape dehydration came after the full phase of phenolic ripeness occurred. This led to a high concentration of the chemical composition of berries, therefore, the quality of grapes increased and we had one of the best vintages.
Vineyard
VITICULTURAL AREA | Valley of Lake Skadar, Podgorica’s viticultural area |
LOCATION | Ćemovsko polje; microlocalities: Nikolj Crkva and Tuzi |
EXPOSITION | north-south |
SOIL | shallow, skeletal with more than 2.500 hours of sunshine annually |
PLANTING DENSITY | 2.60×1.00 m |
CULTIVATION | bilateral Guyot |
AVERAGE AGE OF GRAPEVINE | 20 years |
Technical information
GRAPE VARIETY | Sauvignon Blanc |
YIELD | 8.5–10 t/ha |
HARVEST TIME | first half of September |
HARVEST METOD | manual |
VINIFICATION | fermentation in the inox tanks |
TEMPERATURE OF FERMENTATION | from 15 to 16 °C |
DURATION OF FERMENTATION | 14–15 days |
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION | No |
AGING | in inox tanks, the wine ages on fine lees, becoming enriched with mannoproteins and polysaccharides, contributing to the fullness of taste. |
DURATION OF AGING | 8–10 months in inox tanks |
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS | alcohol–12.50 %vol, pH–3.25, total acids–5.70 g/l; |