

1 BOTTLE X 75cl.
14%vol
Type: dry white wine
Area: Soave Classico
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc 100%
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VINEYARD:
SITE: Monteforte d'Alpone and Soave (monte Foscarino)
SURFACE: selection on 4,5 hectares
ALTITUDE: about 150 m asl
EXPOSURE: South/ South-west
SOIL: Basaltic lava
CANOPY SYSTEM: Pergola
DENSITY: 4500 plants / hectar
AGE OF THE VINEYARD: > 20 years
HAND PICKED
Annual production: about 26,000 bottles and 520 magnums.
ENOLOGY
Destalking and crushing are followed by skin contact for about 3 hours. After the grapes are pressed the must is allowed to settle for 12 hours at cold temperature. Alcoholic fermentation followed by malolactic fermentation takes place in 30% new barriques made from heavy toasted wood. Prior to racking, batonnage is carried out every 6 weeks for about 7 months. Fining for 6 months in stainless steel vats, filtration, through a coarse filter occurs prior to bottling.
IMPRESSIONS
Intense golden colour. Nose of roasted coffee with hints of oak and tropical fruits. On the palate: great fruit concentration with grapefruit, pineapple, passion fruit and citrus. Strong and persistent finish of all the flavours.
RECOMMENDED COMBINATION:
Smoked fishes such herring and salmon. Also good with caviar, bottarga and roasted liver.
SERVING TEMPERATURE:
12 - 14°C.
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