White
Doranda
By Tenute Sella, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
Erbaluce, called Greco Novarese locally, the typical white grape of Upper Piedmont, first made in 1993.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC
- Grape
- Erbaluce 100%
- Production area
- Alto Piemonte, estate vineyards in Villa del Bosco and Brusnengo
- Soil
- Acidic pH soils of red-brown volcanic porphyry sands and orange-yellow marine sands
- Exposure
- Villa del Bosco: south-west; Brusnengo: west
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- Hillside with terraces, 250-300 m above sea level, classic guyot, average vine age 20 years
- Vinification
- Destemming and crushing, gentle pneumatic pressing, static settling of the must, inoculation and fermentation in stainless steel at 18 C, settling and clarification in stainless steel, no malolactic fermentation. 6 months in stainless steel. Best within 3 years of harvest. About 3,000 bottles.
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