Manufacturer: Aquila del Torre

Wine OASI – Dry white wine from PICOLIT grapes

Variety: Picolit
Vintage: 2012


In the Vineyard

Soil: Flysch, interbedded clayey-textured marl and sandstone
Planting pattern: Small parcels surrounded by woodland
Vineyard location: Hillslope terraces
Training system: Guyot simple
Average density: 5000 vines per hectare
Average yield: 0,8 kg per vine
Elevation: 175-300 metres above sea level
Harvest method: Bunch selection and manual harvest using small cases
Average age of vineyards: 14 years
Vineyard exposure: South, south-west
Vineyard treatments: Ground cover treatments: copper and mined sulphur
Soil working: Spontaneous ground cover


In the Cellar

Winemaking: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in French oak barrels
Maturation: 12 months, ageing on the lees
Number of bottles produced c. 1300
Alcohol content 13% Vol
Reducing sugar 6 g/l
Total acidity 5,65 g/l


In the Glass

Sensory profile: Dry white wine, floral entry, hints of balsam, minerality and citrus. Refreshing, savoury, long-lingering persistence
Recommended matchings: Soft-paste cheese, moderately strong blue cheese, rice or pasta with wild spring greens or seafood, baccalà alla vicentina (milk-poached salt cod)
Serving temperature: 10-12°C