Sparkling
Spumante Metodo Classico Brut
By Maurizio Ponchione, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Metodo Classico brut from Chardonnay and Arneis, with at least 48 months on the lees.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Spumante Metodo Classico Brut
- Grape
- Chardonnay, Arneis
- Cru / vineyard
- Albazzi
- Soil
- Hilly, fertile, mostly sandy with good mineral content
- Harvest
- Last ten days of August and first ten days of September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 3,500 vines per hectare, planted 1997, 301 m above sea level
- Vinification
- White vinification at low temperature (16 to 17 C); minimum 48 months on the lees in bottle, up to 72 months. About 2,600 bottles.
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