Ograde 2021 - Skerk

Ograde - Skerk

Blend of Vitovska, Malvasia, Sauvignon and Pinot grapes. After the grapes are decayed, maceration is carried out in contact with the skins for about 15 days in wooden tins with four to five times daily. After fermentation, it remains on fine lees for 12 months in 550l wooden barrels and 15 -20 hl tin; Then it is assembled in the tanks, where the wine decants without clarification and filtration. It follows a refinement in the bottle before being put on the market. The Ograde has coppery yellow color with intense scents of red berry fruit, citrus fruits and spicy notes. On the palate it is rich, full of acidity and long persistence.

Service

It is advisable to serve the Ograde at a temperature of 10/12 ° in tulip goblets. Wine to drink immediately but, left a few years in the cellar can give great emotions.

Pairing

Ideal with fish dishes, great with scampi at the busara.

Cellar: Skerk Sandy

Skerk's cellar is located in Duino Aurisina, in the province of Trieste, just 500 meters from the Slovenian border. Sandy, together with his family, founded his cellar in 1990 in one of the most arid and difficult areas of Italy , So that its viticulture can be termed heroic. Skerk's philosophy is to find an understanding between man and nature, and to do this, soul and body is dedicated to the cultivation of vines with biological practices and the use of ancient Vinification techniques. Skerk grows 6 hectares of vineyards, located at 250 m.s.l.m., kissed by the sea breeze and located on red, stony and rich limestone soils that give grapes of quality. The bred vines are the native Terrano, Malvasia Istriana and Vitoska, who have proven over the centuries to ensure the best results in these soils and climatic conditions, and the international Sauvignon and Pinot Griglio which in blend with Vitoska and Malvasia give rise to wine Called Ograde. The wines are vinified in a cellar excavated in the rock, with macerations and refinements in truncoconus oak oak. Crafty, clean wines and great drinkability. ..