NAME
PINOT GRIGIO Terre di Chieti IGP
Colore: COPPER
GRAPES
Pinot Grigio minimum 85%
PRODUCTION AREA
Municipality of Pretoro 602 m a.s.l. The vineyards are located in the agricultural landscape of the Majella Park where
the millennial presence of men has preserved of an agricultural biodiversity elsewhere disappeared.
GRAPE ORIGINS
Pinot Grigio can boast an important parent: it is in fact a bud mutation of Pinot Noir. Its origins can be traced back in Germany
and France. Its characteristic grey color, tending to pink, originates copper colored wines. In Italy it seems to have
been imported by General Sambuy of Burgundy in its vineyards in the province of Como, and then spread slowly in the
three Venezie and Lombardy regions. Only in the last decades reached other Italian wine regions.
IN THE VINEYARD
Fabulas vineyard is an element of great agronomic and naturalistic value. The sheeps provide the natural and smart
control of native spontaneous flora and the natural fertilization bringing the animal spirit in the vineyard. Machining
is minimized. From the location of the vineyards on one side of the mountain it is easy to understand that from a
phytosanitary point of view the plants require little intervention and they are related only to the use of copper and sulfur.
Soil
The soils are of medium mixture tending to calcareous and have retained their natural fertility
thanks to the poor exploitation of the soil by man.
Farming system
Abruzzo Pergola
Harvesting
Handpicked in wooden boxes and in willow and cane baskets.
IN THE CELLAR
Light contact between skins and must (4-6 hours) followed by “white vinification” technique.
The fermentation is spontaneous and carried out by indigenous yeasts that, unlike commercial ones, are influenced
by the vintage and the quality of the grapes.
In traditional wine making technology, the copper / rosé color is removed by modern techniques and products which
are not allowed in biodynamic. This is the reason why our Pinot Grigio has a natural copper/rosé color depending
on the vintage.
TASTING NOTES
Sight
Copper color.
Nose
Intense, floral and fruity bouquet from yellow pulp.
Mouth
Fresh, intense and savoury.
THE SERVICE
Food Pairings
Excellent with cod, white meats and delicate first courses.
Temperature
9-11°C
CERTIFICATIONS
Vegetarian Product
Byodinamic Wine
Biodiversity Friend
