# Stissa d'le Favole (Montaribaldi)

> White, Langhe DOC Chardonnay by [Montaribaldi](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/montaribaldi.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/montaribaldi-stissa-d-le-favole).

- **Producer:** Montaribaldi
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

Aperitifs, starters, fish dishes