Flavour
The taste is warm, full and inviting, with a sweet hint of vanilla, great persistence and sapidity.
Colour
Deep straw yellow
Bouquet
Ripe tropical fruit, spice
Suggestions for serving
As an aperitif or throughout the whole meal, with lighter meats or fish and seafood dishes. Aged cow milk cheeses.
The best serving temperature is
12-14 °C
Vinification
Immediately after the grapes are hand picked into shallow boxes, the whole clusters are delicately pressed and fermentation begins in wooden barrels with cultured yeasts. Ageing in wood on the lees lasts about one year with repeated bâttonage. Ageing continues in the bottle for about 15 months.
Grape varieties
Chardonnay grafted on Kober 5BB. Vineyard layout: 2,2 m x 0,8 m. Vine trellising: guyot
Density
5.000 vines per hectare
Viticolture
Short pruning; organic fertilizer in alternate years; in- row cover cropping; drip irrigation as needed. Organic cultivation with ICEA certification.
Production
No more than 9,000 kg every hectare