Product Description

Piemonte Chardonnay DOC

Tasting notes

This wine enriches our range of products. It has a pale straw-yellow color; its scent is delicate and very fruity with an elegant taste; it has a harmonious quality and a pleasant acidity that makes it inviting.

To be served as an aperitif or with refined antipasti and seafood dishes.

Basic information

Product name: Altrovento
Grape variety: Chardonnay
Denomination: Piemonte Chardonnay
Appellation: DOC
Color: white
Typology: still
Town/Region: Nizza Monferrato / Piedmont / Italy
Vintage: 2018
Alc. vol.: 12%
Residual Sugar: <1,00 g/l
Number of bottles produced: 1400

Wine making

Method: cold maceration of the grape skins while the must is at a 10°C temperature for 10 hours. Subsequently clarification takes place and then the yeast is inoculated for alcoholic fermentation which occurs at low temperatures: 16/18°C. It is then left a few days in contact with the lees and eventually filtered to prevent malolactic fermentation.
Temperature: 16/18°C
Duration: 10/15 days
Malolactic fermentation: no
Aging: no
Minimum length of time in bottles: 2 months

Bottle

Empty bottle weight: 400 gr
Aging potential: 3 years
Cork size: 26×40
Cork material: plastic
Type of bottle: Bordeaux

Grape variety

% Grapes / Vine: chardonnay 100%
Soil: silt – clay
Exposure: east
Agricultural method: traditional
Year planted: 1992
Type of harvest: manual

Chemical analysis

Dry extract [g/l]: 22,2
Total acidity [g/l in tartaric acid]: 5,7
Volatile acidity [g/l in acetic acid]: 0,25
Total SO2 [mg/l]: 100

Packaging

Number of bottles per box: 6-12 bottles