White
Chiara
By Tenuta Rocca, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barrique-fermented Chardonnay, one of the estate's "Selections", from the Ornati hill.
Tasting notes
Deep straw yellow. Exotic fruit and banana on the nose with an enveloping butteriness. Almond, delicate florals and honey on the palate with great persistence.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Chiara
- Grape
- Chardonnay
- Soil
- Lequio formation (Serravallian), young soils with poor water availability made up of calcareous clay marls
- Exposure
- West, 370 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; organic fertilisation and compost, mechanical weeding; certified organic
- Vinification
- Shoot and early bunch thinning during ripening, bunch selection at harvest. Gentle pressing, static settling, fermentation in barriques. Aged in wood on the lees with periodic stirring.
- Serving temperature
- 10-12 °C
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