White
Favorita
By Valdinera, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Favorita from the Bricco della Quaglia vineyard, first made in 1982; about 7,000 bottles a year at 13%.
Tasting notes
Yellow straw colour with greenish glints. Floral, spring-like. Fruity with good savouriness.
Pairs well with
First courses, fish and white meat
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Favorita
- Grape
- Favorita 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco della Quaglia
- Production area
- Corneliano d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Sandy
- Harvest
- Mid-September, by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1978; 0.8 ha on a hill at 350 m; Guyot training; 3,400 vines per hectare; yield 80-90 q/ha
- Vinification
- Soft pressing, fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel. Bottled in spring, sold a few months after harvest
- Serving temperature
- 12 C
- Storage
- Fresh, dry cellar; ageing potential 3-6 years
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