Flavour
The mineral touch gives the palate extraordinary softness and strong sapidity. Creamy and balanced in the mouth.
Colour
Straw yellow with golden highlights
Bouquet
Pastry, exotic fruit, citrus and flowers, fragrance of toasted bread
Suggestions for serving
Delicious throughout the meal; a must-serve for very special occasions; perfect with any raw seafood, and with any fishbased dish
The best serving temperature is
10-12 °C
Vinification
The harvest is hand-picked into shallow boxes, followed immediately by a soft pressing of whole grapes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier, which are processed separately. Pinot Noir and Meunier after fermentation are aged in steel tanks, while the Chardonnay is fermented and aged in oak barrels for 8 months. The following spring, the wine is bottled with the addition of selected yeasts (tirage). After staying on the lees for at least 8 years, you run the riddling and disgorging with the addition of the liqueur d’expedition.
Grape varieties
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grafted on Kober 5BB. Vineyard layout: 2,2 m x 0,8 m. Vine trellising: guyot. Meunier grafted on Kober 5BB.
Vineyard layout: 3,2 m x 0,8 m. Vine trellising: pergola trentina.
Density
5.000 vines per hectare guyot; 3.000 vines per hectare pergola trentina
Viticolture
Short pruning; organic fertilizer in alternate years; inrow cover cropping; drip irrigation as needed. Organic cultivation with ICEA certification
Production
No more than 9.000 per hectare
Alcohol content
13,40 % Vol
Total acidity
7,70 g/l
Sugar
7,20 g/l
Dry extract
22,50 g/l
Perlage
Pin-point, long-lingering bubbles
Cuvée
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier