White
Educato
By Elio Grasso, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Chardonnay from a one-hectare plot in Monforte d'Alba, produced since 1990, planted at 400-450 metres.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Chardonnay
- Grape
- Chardonnay 100%
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Moderately loose-packed, slightly sandy, limestone-based
- Exposure
- South-east and east facing, 400-450 metres above sea level
- Harvest
- Manual harvest
- Vineyard planting
- One hectare, modified Casarsa training, 4,500 vines per hectare, average vine age about 45 years
- Vinification
- Vinification and aging take place partly in steel and partly in French oak barriques. Bottling takes place in May-June.
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