Tenuta Travaglino – Ramato – Pinot Grey Oltrepò Pavese D.O.C. – Avvenice

Tenuta Travaglino – Great Wines Since 1868

The Travaglino estate is located in Calvignano, which is a little town based in the Oltrepo’ Pavese. The area, in the south of Lombardy, that wedge from the fertile Po’ Valley to the Mediterranean Sea, is well known for having a bunch shape which bounds with the regions of Liguria, Piedmont and Emilia Romagna. The estate has the privilege to raise 400 hectares in a single batch – Two hundred of them are forests destined as a wild hog hunting reserve, which, has been done with the purpose to maintain away the poachers. Hundred and twenty hectares are arable lands and the remaining eighty hectares are vineyards. Moreover, within the property, there are 12 farmsteads, a historic village and an inn with restaurant and few rooms.

Tenuta Travaglino – Ramato – Pinot Grey Oltrepò Pavese D.O.C.

The short maceration on the skins creates the typical Pinot Grigio copper color and enhances fragrance, persistence and pleasantness.

Data Sheet

Vineyard Location: Cascina Molino – Calvignano

Soil Type and Exposure: Brown soil-limestone of medium texture, clay at intervals. Facing south-west at 230 m. above sea level

Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Grey

Denomination: DOC (controlled designation of origin)

Cultivation Method and Planting Density: Guyot with 4,200 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield per Hectare: 6,000 litres

Grape Harvest: Traditional hand-picking from 5th to 15th September

Wine Making: White after a brief cryo-maceration of the skins

Muturation: Fermentation in temperaturecontrolled stainless steel tanks

Bottling: In the month of January following the harvest

Technical Specifications: Sugar 5 mg/l; alcohol content 12.5 °

Description: The short maceration of the skins gives the Pinot Grigio its characteristic copper color and exalts fragrance, persistence and pleasantness

Pairing: Perfect match with all shellfish and raw fish dishes like Sushi and Sashimi

Packaging: Bordeaux Ancienne in boxes of 6 bottles

Serving Temperature: 8 – 10° C