White
Bianca
By Mura Mura, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Bianca is a Piemonte Bianco DOC blending Favorita and aromatic Malvasia di Candia, made in a Burgundy style with lees stirring, from a 0.8-hectare vineyard in Costigliole d'Asti.
Tasting notes
Annurca apple, thyme, elderflower.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Bianco
- Grape
- Favorita 85%, Malvasia di Candia Aromatica 15%
- Production area
- Costigliole d'Asti, 0.8 hectares, 165 m a.s.l.
- Soil
- Clay, slightly calcareous
- Exposure
- West and south-west
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, density 5000 vines/ha, yield 45 hl/ha. Farmed under SQNPI protocols.
- Vinification
- Made in a Burgundy style with lees batonnage; fermented at 18C partly in 500 litre French oak tonneaux (25%) and partly in 400 litre ceramic amphorae (75%). Aged 14-16 months in the same vessels, then 3 months in bottle.
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