White
Paja
By Marco Bonfante, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Cortese named after Nissa dla Paja, the old name of Nizza Monferrato, where the winery is based. Part of the Sileo line.
Tasting notes
Bright straw yellow. Fine, fresh bouquet of citrus and fruit. Delicate and dry with good balance of acidity and minerality, good structure and a fine bitter almond aftertaste.
Pairs well with
Summer aperitif and fresh starters; fish dishes such as linguine with clams, cuttlefish and calamari.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Cortese
- Grape
- Cortese 100%
- Soil
- Thick, solid Serravalle sandstones, very light in colour
- Harvest
- Second half of September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 5,000 plants per hectare, 65 hl/ha, altitude 300 m
- Vinification
- Destalked and soft-pressed; fermented at a controlled 18 C in steel tanks with selected yeasts.
- Serving temperature
- 8-10 C
- Storage
- Perfect to be drunk now.
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