Tenimenti Civa Ribolla Gialla Spumante Cuvée Biele Zoe Extra Brut

Description

This variety is our winery’s standard bearer. Its homeland is to be found in an area covering part of Friuli’s Colli Orientali and in the Italian and Slovenian parts of the Gorizia Hills. The history of Ribolla is richly documented. The first document certifying the existence of a Ribolla wine, produced from a range of varieties, dates back to 1207. However, we would have to wait a few centuries – until 1822 no less – before finding a text that clearly refers to the variety. Ribolla Gialla has been vinified as a monovarietal for about seventy years. Initially it was only partially fermented must, but today it is highly appreciated as both a dry still wine and a sparkling wine. (Costantini Enos, Mattaloni Claudio, Petrussi Carlo, La vite nella storia e nella cultura del Friuli, Forum Edizioni, 2007).

Details

Perlage

Fine perlage.

Perfume

On the nose is delicate and intense at the same time, with citrus notes, stone fruits, pear and a touch of sage.

Color

Pale lemon.

Taste

Very refreshing and savoury on the palate. With also fruity flavours like Renetta apple, wild straberries and cedar. Creamy texture and a delicate perlage, this wine leaves your palate with a pleasant minerality.

Serve at:

06 - 08 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Tenimenti Civa

From this winery

• Start up year: 2016
• Oenologist: Adriano Copetti
• Bottles produced: 700.000
• Hectares: 60

The company of Valerio Civa expands visibly: more than doubled the hectares of vineyards owned (from 24 to 58) and the bottles produced (from almost 300 thousand to 700 thousand), in just one year. The ambitious project to further improve the quality of the native Friulian vines has borne fruit, moreover, this young reality - launched in 2016 - had in mind the steps to be taken to achieve significant results.

It is already clear from the aesthetic choice of the bottles, large, dark and heavy, with opulent labels: a clear signal for the consumer, who must be able to immediately perceive the quality and importance of the product.

It should not be forgotten that Valerio Civa focuses on large retailers, with its wines usually present on the shelves of Auchan and other large supermarkets, a sales area where packaging plays a fundamental role.

Another communicative choice is the 85/15 logo imprinted on the labels, which indicates wines obtained for 85% with the vine of the Denomination and for 15% with the best cultivars of the estate.

A production therefore with a well-defined target market, with a quality level that rewrites the rules of the game.
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Technical Sheet

Name	Tenimenti Civa Ribolla Gialla Spumante Cuvée Biele Zoe Extra Brut
Type	White charmat method sparkling wine extra brut
Denomination	Friuli DOC
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	11.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Ribolla Gialla
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Vendor	Tenimenti Civa
Origin	Povoletto (UD)
Climate	Exposure: South, Southwest.
Soil composition	Marl and sandstone flysch of Eocene origin. Locally known as “Ponca”.
Cultivation system	Doppio capovolto.
Harvest	Mid-September, by hand or machine, in the cooler hours of the day.
Wine making	Soft pressing, separation of the must from the skins and clarification.
Aging	This is followed by fermentation in stainless steel at a controlled temperature and then re-fermentation in autoclaves at 16 8 °C.
Allergens	Contains sulphites