White

Stissa d'le Favole

By Montaribaldi, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy

Montaribaldi Stissa d'le Favole

A Langhe DOC Chardonnay partly barrel-fermented (about 25% in new oak with batonnage), from vines planted in 1972.

Tasting notes

Intense straw yellow with green reflexes; intense bouquet of tropical fruit (banana, pineapple), vanilla and toast from the oak; fresh, outstandingly soft and persistent.

Pairs well with

Aperitifs, starters, fish dishes

Technical details

Style
White
Denomination
Langhe DOC Chardonnay
Grape
Chardonnay
Soil
Fine, calcareous Typic Ustorthent of the hillsides (Lequio formation)
Exposure
West
Harvest
End of August to start of September
Vineyard planting
Planted 1972, 4,000 vines/ha, trellis-trained, Guyot pruned; grape yield 8,000 kg/ha, wine yield 5,600 L/ha
Vinification
Soft-pressed and cold-settled, fermented at 15-18C for about 10 days; about 25% is finished in new barriques (225 L) with periodic batonnage, the rest stays on lees in steel; blended and bottled before the following summer.
Serving temperature
14 C

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