Santa Margherita

Grapes: Verduzzo Friulano
Production zone:
Year: 2011
Alcohol level: 12.5%
Serving temperature: 12° - 14° C (54° - 57° F)
Recommended glass: a small, tulip-shaped glass for dessert wines

Dulcedo is made from Verduzzo Friulano grapes; this variety has been grown for many years in the Eastern Veneto, although it actually originated in nearby Friuli, where its cultivation undoubtedly dates back a very long time indeed.

Tasting notes
Its color is a brilliant yellow with golden highlights. The main characteristic on the nose is an attractively honey-like perception of sweetness, with suggestions of apricot preserve and dried exotic fruits against a vanilla background. This warm, mellow perception of sweetness is also immediately evident on the palate as a result of the sugars and alcohol, but they are nicely counterbalanced by fresh acidity.

Serving suggestions
It goes splendidly with cheeses (even blue ones) or with foie gras. It is an ideal accompaniment for fruit tarts, cream desserts or dry pastries.

Suggested recipes

Altitude: at sea level
Type of soil: clay, of fluviatile and lagoonal origin
Training system: Sylvoz
Plant density: 2.200 – 3.500 vines per hectare (890 – 1.415 per acre)
Harvest period: the first ten days of October, following slight over-ripening on the vine

Vinification technique: traditional white wine vinification, with soft pressing of the grapes and natural settling of the must
Fermentation details: in stainless steel, for around 15 days at 18°C
Malolactic fermentation: no
Maturation: in small oak barrels for 10 months
Aging potential: 4-5 years