Pinot Grigio 2020 - Ronco Severo

Pinot Gris  - Ronco Severo

Ronco Severo's Pinot Grigio  is an intense and full-bodied wine obtained from the homonymous grapes. The grapes come from vines grown in a natural way, which are located at about 150 meters above sea level, on soils characterized by soils rich in “ponca”, a Friulian term to define sandstone marls. After the manual and selected harvest of the grapes that generally takes place in the second decade of September, in the cellar the fermentation is spontaneous using exclusively indigenous yeasts, in truncated conical vats without temperature control, with maceration on the skins. The refinement in 40 hectolitre Slavonian oak barrels continues for about 24 months, of which 11 months in contact with its own fine lees, before being bottled on waning days. Ronco Severo's Pinot Grigio presents a typical coppery color to the eye. On the nose the olfactory profile is composed of acacia flowers, white fruits, dry hay, walnut husk and toasted almonds. In the mouth it is fleshy, full-bodied, fresh, characterized by a long and persistent finish, with intriguing spicy sensations.

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 12/14 ° in tulip glasses. Wine to drink immediately but will express its best in a few years. It is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark cellar.

Pairings

An important white wine that compares well with white meat dishes. Try it with a shoulder of pork with red fruits.

Winery: Ronco Severo

The Ronco Severo company is located in Prepotto, in the province of Udine. A place particularly suited to the production of wine in fact, we find ourselves within the denomination Colli orientali del Friuli that borders with Slovenia. Historical company of the area, was the grandfather of Stefano Novello, the current owner, Severo Novello, who is said that as a child had the passion to produce wine, to buy from the noble family Rieppi family to Prepotto, the first land located on a hilly ridge, exceptional for exposure and terrain characteristics. Severo will call this place "Ronco Severo" because it took years of hard work to tear up the terraces to plant the vines. The turning point came when Stefano, with a background in the wine sales sector, decided to change the wine production method and philosophy. Natural wines produced through careful work in the vineyard and in the cellar, so that all its wines can reflect its work and the territory it belongs to. This belief led him to abandon all chemical products and to reduce the intervention in the vineyard and in the cellar to the minimum necessary. In the grassed vineyards, it does not use inorganic fertilizers and herbicides, in the cellar it does not use enzymes, selected and sulphurous yeasts. Only long macerations to extract substances that produce wines with a very intense color, longevity that sometimes are slightly veiled because they do not undergo either filtration or clarification. Stefano cultivates only native vines such as Pinot Grigio, Friulano, Ribolla gialla, Picolit, Refosco del peduncolo rosso and Schioppettino. All vineyards that are located on that wonderful land that is only Friuli called Ponca, able to give extraordinary results.