White
Botticella
By Massimo Rivetti, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Fermented and aged for a year in 1200-litre French oak "botticelle", a limited-edition white balanced between freshness and structure.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC
- Grape
- Chardonnay 100%
- Production area
- Mango
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- South-east
- Harvest
- First decade of September
- Vineyard planting
- Average vine age 10 years, yield 9000 kg/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented and aged for one year in 1200 L French oak barrels ("botticella"), at a fermentation temperature of 13C/55F over 20 days.
- Serving temperature
- 6C/43F, large tulip glass
- Storage
- Store bottles horizontally. Drinking life 8 to 10 years.
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