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Essenza

Made from 100% Chardonnay grapes harvested very ripe and in some vintages, from grapes infected with noble rot: the Botrytis Cinerea fungus.
Noble rot develops most reliable in seasons when morning mists, are followed by warm, dry afternoon that dries the grapes out. When repeated over a number of weeks, this process gradually tires the grapes, reducing their water content and naturally concentrating their flavour compounds.
Deep golden yellow coloured, Essence features an extraordinarily rich and intense bouquet with amazing aromas of saffron, tropical fruit and apricot.

ESSENZA

  • Vintage: 2010
  • Area of ​​vineyard: 9.5 ha
  • Agronomist: Gianfranco Pagano and Pierluigi Donna
  • Enologist: Alessandro Santini
  • Type of soil: morenic
  • Grapes: Chardonnay 100%
  • Vine training technique: spurred cordon
  • Vine density per hectare: 5950
  • Yield per hectare: 8000 kg
  • Winemaking: the grapes are harvested very ripe, sometimes infected with nobel rot, macerated on their skins for a long time and pressed. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place in French oak barrels.
  • Ageing: 6 months in French oak barrels
  • Bottle ageing on lees: minimum 40 months
  • Sugar residue: 6 g / L
  • Features: Deep golden yellow coloured, Essence features an extraordinarily rich and intense bouquet with amazing aromas of saffron, tropical fruit and apricot.
  • Matching: blue cheese, aged cheese, risotto.