Clai Wines

Sparkling wine

Sparkling wine Brut nature

Sparkling wne brut natur is perfect as an aperitif and with its lightness, airiness it is welcomed at every opportunity.

It is a wine made by classic metoda from Malvazija, Chardonnay and Istrian Plavina. Style of the wine defines Plavina, old istrian variety which is adapted for production of sparkling wines because it does not have big concentraton of the sugar but it has high acidity that gives extraordinary conditions to produce this kind of the wine.

Grape varietal
Istrian Malvazija, Chardonnay, Plavina
Viticulture
Organic
Free sulfur dioxide
8 mg/L
Category
Sparkling wine, extra brut
Yield per wine
1 – 1,5 kg
Total dry extract
19,2 g/L
Vintage
2019
Harvested
By hand
Reducing sugar
1,1 g/L
Alcohol content
12,5%
Harvest time
September
Wine growing area
Western Istria, Croatia
Total acidity
5,7 g/L
Soil composition
Sandy clay, heavy clay
pH
3,39

Vinification

Grapes are handpicked. Malvazija and Chardonnay are directly pressed after fermentation and added to Plavina and then everything together macerates for a few days. After pressing, the rest of the fermentation finishes in inox barrels and then wine ages a year, part in inox, part in wooden barrels. After a year, before bottling we add young wine to start fermentation in the bottle. The wine is aging cca two years in the bottle on its own sediment after which it is degorged with any added liquer. Because of that we have sparkling brut natur.


Wine production: Classical method of fermentation in bottles

Aging: On fine sediment 24 months

Bottle: 0,75 l, 1,5 l


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