Eugenio Collavini - Ribolla Gialla Brut Millesime' 2015

Profile:

Color: The star-bright straw yellow in the glass is flecked with greenish tints, unbroken stream of tiny bubbles is very persistent.

Aroma: Subtle aromatics with hints of nectarine white figs and green apples and hints of minerality.

Palate: Very fresh-tasting and generously structured in the mouth, a kaleidoscope of citrus fruits complements the exceptional length.

Food Pairing: As an aperitif or with starters, soups and stewed fish, mollusks, especially warty venus shells

What’s In It: 100% Ribolla Gialla

How It Was Made:

The spurred cordon and Guyot-trained vineyards in the Colli Orientali are carefully managed to yield suitable fruit for refermentation. Picking the meticulously selected bunches in small cases is carried out only in the morning, when the northerly breeze has dried their light veil of nocturnal humidity.

Delicate whole-berry pressing is followed by natural settling of the freerun must overnight. Fermentation at 14 °C is part in steel and part in barriques. In the following spring, the Ribolla Gialla is refermented really slowly in large horizontal pressure tanks at 12 °C; it follows the maturation on the lees that lasts no less than 30 moon cycles.

Subsequent bottling is in a completely oxygen-free environment. More than 12 months in bottle are then necessary to round off the long maturation process.

Finally, the bottles are packaged and protected by a unique

yellow veil to preserve the loving care that skilled winemakers have lavished on the contents for almost four years of labour.