Langhe Chardonnay DOC
Clean and fresh wine with a light straw yellow shade. The aroma is one of herbs and reminds tomato leaf and light notes of ripe apple. The aftertaste is persistent.
Langhe Chardonnay DOC
Vineyard: chardonnay
Exposure: east
Soil: calcareous marl
Altitude: 1100 ft asl (Monforte has the highest vineyards of the area)
Average age of vines: 25 years
Yeld per hectare: 90q/ha
Bottles: 10.000
We only vinify grapes sourced from our vineyards.
Years ago, we added a small plot of a non-native variety, Chardonnay, “educating” the fruit to express the terroir into which it had been introduced.
Manual harvesting, destemming, soft pressing and fermentation for 5 days under controlled temperature. Refined for 6 months in stainless steel vessels and 3 months in bottle.
Alcohol content: 14,52% vol.
Residual sugar: g/l 0,42
Dry extract: g/l 19,9
Total acidity: 5,18%