White
Piemonte Chardonnay
By Ivaldi Dario, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A fresh, unoaked Chardonnay from cold-macerated grapes, fermented cool and kept off malolactic.
Tasting notes
Pale straw yellow; delicate, very fruity nose; elegant, harmonious palate with pleasant acidity.
Pairs well with
Aperitif, fine starters and fish dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Chardonnay
- Grape
- Chardonnay 100%
- Production area
- Nizza Monferrato, Piemonte
- Soil
- Silty clay
- Exposure
- East
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1992, Guyot-trained (estate-wide), conventional farming, hand-harvested
- Vinification
- Cold skin maceration with the must at 10 °C for 10 hours, then settling and selected yeasts; fermentation at 16 to 18 °C for 10 to 15 days; a few days on fine lees, then filtered to prevent malolactic; no ageing; at least 2 months in bottle.
- Storage
- Ageing potential 3 years.