White
Basaricò
By Adriano Marco e Vittorio, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Sauvignon Blanc named for the Piedmontese word for basil, which its aromas recall.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with pale green highlights; complex nose of exotic fresh fruit with basil notes; smooth, fresh and lingering.
Pairs well with
Light soups and vegetable potages, fish baked in foil, tomato and mozzarella, artichokes, gnocchi with pesto.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Sauvignon
- Grape
- Sauvignon Blanc 100%
- Production area
- San Rocco Seno d'Elvio (Alba); various exposures, 270 m above sea level
- Soil
- Lequio formation (grey marl alternating with sand)
- Exposure
- Various directions
- Harvest
- By hand, from 10 September
- Vineyard planting
- 2.5 hectares, vines about 20 years old
- Vinification
- Soft-pressed straight after harvest with free-run must separated; one month of fermentation in steel under reducing conditions at 15 to 16 C; fine lees stirred for about 6 months; bottled in May and June, then about 8 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 8 to 10 C
- Storage
- Dark, dry place at a constant temperature below 20 C; keeps up to 10 years
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