White
Estro
By Cantina Riboli, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
An orange Cortese fermented and aged in terracotta amphorae with indigenous yeasts, bottled unfiltered and without added sulphites.
Tasting notes
Amber yellow with orange shades. Complex, intense nose with fresh fruit notes. A persistent wine.
Pairs well with
Charcoal-grilled steak or cheeses, preferably goat or sheep.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Grape
- Cortese
- Production area
- Sessame
- Soil
- Clayey
- Harvest
- End of August to early September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; vines 25 years old on average
- Vinification
- An orange wine: grapes are harvested in crates and fermented whole in untreated terracotta amphorae, with indigenous, non-added yeasts. Fermentation, including post-fermentation maceration, lasts 7 months in total. After racking the wine ages 5 more months in amphora, is bottled without filtration or added sulphites, and rests another 12 months in bottle. Alcohol 13%, residual sugar under 1.
- Serving temperature
- 4-5°C
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