Description
The story
Baldantonio Solingo, known as Solingo Durantino, was a sixteenth-century poet and potter from the Marche. A maker of maiolica and a writer of verse, he brought the two arts together in an age marked by the clash between the Christian and Ottoman armies.
Shortly after the Knights’ victory at Malta during the siege of 1565, he published the Stanze in narratione delli gran fatti della guerra di Malta. The Pinot Grigio that bears his name finds in the ponca soils of Rocca Bernarda an uncommon complexity and structure.
Soft pressing, short cold maceration, fermentation and ageing in stainless steel.
Technical sheet
| Estate |
Rocca Bernarda |
|---|---|
| Appellation |
Friuli Colli Orientali D.O.C. |
| Grape variety |
Pinot Grigio |
| Location |
Ipplis/Corno di Rosazzo (UD), 130–200 m above sea level, on terraces known as “Ronchi” |
| Exposure |
North-South / North-East |
| Soil |
Eocene marl and sandstone (“Ponca”) |
| Training system |
Doppio Capovolto |
| Planting density |
5,200–5,400 vines/ha |
| Harvest |
By hand, late August – early September |
| Winemaking |
Soft pressing, fermentation and ageing in temperature-controlled stainless steel |
| Yield per hectare |
70–80 q/ha |
| Production |
45,000 bottles |
| Alcohol |
13% vol |
| Sizes |
0.75 litres |
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