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Borgo Conventi - Pinot Grigio 2017
- Blend 100% Pinot Grigio
- Country Italy
- Region Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Appellation Collio
- UPC 83085904012
Tasting notes
Borgo Conventi Pinot Grigio is a lively, medium-bodied Pinot Grigio with complex aromas of wildflowers, ripe pear and a hint of bread crust. Elegant with a fine balance between structure, fruit, and acidity and a full, lingering finish. Serve as an aperitif or with dishes such as soft-shelled crabs, grilled prawns, pasta primavera and pork tenderloin.
Vineyard
The soil of the Collio DOC is a mixture of marls and sandstone from the underlying stratified layers, and usually it is clay in the higher grounds and fine-grained at the foot of the hill slopes. The vines vary in age from 10-45 years old.
Vinification
The grapes are directly pressed without any maceration on the skins. Temperature-controlled fermentation activated by selected yeasts, takes place in stainless steel tanks for about ten days. Once fermentation is completed the wine remains on the fine lees until spring, when it is bottled.
Estate
The name Borgo Conventi, which translates to "hamlet convent", was inspired by a legend and a plot of land in the ancient hamlet of Farra d'Isonzo, located in Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. In the 17th Century, a noble landowner, Count Strassoldo, donated the land to a friar named Basilio Pica, on which the province's first monastery was built. Established in 1975, Borgo Conventi took its name from this legendary land in Farra d'Isonzo and was founded on the promise to produce elegant wines which respect the land and the province's history. Today, Giancarlo Polegato and his family remain committed to that promise.
