Clai Wines

Ottocento

Ottocento Pinot Grigio

The Pinot Grigio needed it’s own story in the heart of Krasica. The wine shows the fun side of Clai and the playful nature with which wine can be perceived. It is neither a rose, a white, an orange or red wine, it is Ottocento Pinot Sivi. The wine has a spice to it that comes from the use of skin maceration and a complexity due to the extended aging in barrel. It is a wine that is not confined to a season or an occasion. It is there to be shared with wine lovers alike.

Grape varietal
Pinot Gris
Viticulture
Organic
Free sulfur dioxide
9 mg/L
Category
Dry white wine
Yield per wine
1-1,5 kg
Total dry extract
22,4 g/L
Vintage
2021
Harvested
By hand
Reducing sugar
1,9 g/L
Alcohol content
14.6%
Harvest time
September
Wine growing area
Western Istria, Croatia
Total acidity
5,9 g/L
Soil composition
Sandy clay with limestone
pH
3,5

Vinification

Ottocento Pinot Grigio is macerated and fermented on the skins between 5-10 days depending on colour intensity. The fermenting juice is then pressed and put back into the original large wooden tank. The wine is racked after malolactic fermentation and aged in old Austrian oak for two years. The result leaves you with a textured silky touch of tannins that round the pallet and is harmonised with the burst of flavour, that is accustomed with Pinot Grigio. The wine turns a strawberry blond overtime that highlights it can be enjoyed in any season. 


Wine production: Fermentation on the skins in op-en vats, without the addition of selected yeasts and enzymes

Aging: Aged oak barrels

Bottle: 0,75 L