ROJAC Aurelia NV
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Technical Information
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Location | Baredi, Slovenska Istra, Slovenia |
| Vineyard(s) | Stena |
| Grape Variety(ies) | Istrian Muscat, Moscato Giallo, and Moscato Bianco |
| Appellation | ZGP, Controlled Geographic Origin |
| Expositions | Slope; South East |
| Altitude | Stena: 200 m |
| Soil | Eocene flysch, originating from sea sediments with layers of limestone |
| Training System | Single guyot |
| Plants Density (average) | 4000 vines/ha (2.2 m x 0.8 m) |
| Year(s) the Vines Were Planted | 1980 - 1985 |
| Yield per Plant/Ha (average) | 1 kg/vine, 4000 kg/ha |
| Harvest Period | Second week of September, manual harvesting |
| Air Drying and Pressing | Selected grapes are air dried on nets until January where they lose more than 90% of weight and resemble to raisins (passito style); dried grapes are pressed with a manual hydraulic wine press |
| Fermentation Casks | Fermentation in small neutral oak barrels |
| Fermentation Temperature | Not controlled, around 22 °C with a maximum of 28 °C |
| Maceration | None |
| Employed Yeasts | Spontaneous fermentation, no cultivated yeasts added (Natural) |
| Barrel Ageing | 60 months in small neutral oak barrels, no racking/soutirage; bottled in February 2011 using the moon calendar/at the right moon phase |
| Wood for Barrels’ Origin | French |
| Fining and/or Filtration | Self-fining in barrel, no filtration |
| Alcohol by Volume | 11% vol |
| Biological or Biodynamical Cultivation | Certified biological farming, some biodynamic operations |
| First Vintage Bottled | 2000 |
| Ageing Potential | 20 years |
| Serving Temperature | 14 – 16 °C |