PIKOLIT

Organoleptic description
Pikolit is an autochthonous variety of the Goriška Brda. The wine is of a special premium quality. It is of a golden yellow colour with a subtle shade of amber. Its aroma is reminiscent of field flowers, white peach, ripe fig and the acacia honey. Its taste is sweet, warm and rich in an ideal sugar: acidity ratio; it offers a pleasing lengthy after-taste.

Technical data
Geographic origin: the Goriška Brda wine-growing region
Wine-growing place: Dobrovo
Site: south-west, south, east
Vineyard area: 2 ha
Vineyard shape: terraced
Height above sea level: 120 - 150 m
Vine training: single Guyot
Vine density: 5,000 vines/ha
Vineyards aged: 10 - 25 years
Type of soil: marlstone and sandstone
Climate: sub-Mediterranean, a mixture of warm sea air and the influence of cold winds from the Alps

Grapes
Variety: 100 % Pikolit, an autochthonous variety of the Goriška Brda
Harvest time: September 29 - October 3
Harvesting: exclusively by hand

Fermentation
100 % in stainless steel containers

Maturation
100 % in stainless steel containers

Malolactic fermentation (MLF): is over

Annual production: 6,000 bottles of 0,5 l

Sommelier's recommendation (Matches Made in Haven)
Pikolit is too aristocratic to be combined with various dishes. We recommend it with oysters, cheeses with noble blue mould and with fresh pâtés of goose and duck liver.