White
Carossi
By Cascina Galarin, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A barrel-fermented Piemonte DOC Chardonnay from the single Carossi vineyard, the estate's own hilltop site.
Tasting notes
A highly complex nose of white flowers and hazelnut with well-integrated wood notes. Sweet and mineral on the palate at once, savoury and harmonious with a persistent aftertaste. The estate says this wine can age for several years.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Chardonnay
- Grape
- Chardonnay 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Carossi
- Production area
- Single vineyard at the top of the Carossi hill in Castagnole delle Lanze, south Piedmont, between the Langhe and Monferrato, at an altitude of 370m.
- Soil
- Clay-calcareous
- Exposure
- East
- Vinification
- Grapes are destemmed immediately and the free-run juice is left in contact with the skins for one night (cryo-maceration) before pressing. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in French oak barriques over almost a month; malolactic fermentation happens if the vintage calls for it. The wine is kept on its fermentation lees until bottling, with a weekly batonnage.
- Serving temperature
- 8-10°C