Sparkling
Mon Cavaré
By Mandirola, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Mandirola's metodo classico sparkling wine made from 100% Timorasso, refined on fine lees and given a further 24 months in bottle. Unique scents and flavours, with Timorasso enthralling in another guise.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow colour. Complex, floral bouquet with scents of bread crust and yeast. Dry, well balanced palate with good acidity, elegant with mineral hints.
Pairs well with
Ideal with aperitifs and appetisers, perfect with fish, and good throughout the meal.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC
- Grape
- Timorasso 100%
- Production area
- Tortona Hills
- Soil
- Calcareous-clay
- Exposure
- South-east and South-west
- Harvest
- Beginning of September, hand picked into baskets
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot
- Vinification
- Made from grapes specially selected to craft a sparkling wine base: gentle grape pressing, temperature controlled fermentation and refinement on fine lees, then bottled for a further evolution of 24 months (metodo classico). Alcohol 12.5% by volume.
- Serving temperature
- 6-8°C
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dark place, away from sources of heat and light. Best enjoyed within a few years of disgorgement.
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