CASTEL TURMHOF CHARDONNAY 2006 Südtirol/Alto Adige - DOC   Description: Luminous pale yellow in color Luminous pale yellow in color, this wine shows well-balanced apple, banana and vanilla notes. Full of character, it is well-structured and pleasantly salty on the tongue. Partial aging in small oak barrels lends this wine structure and elegance. It is well suited to cellar aging.   Serving suggestion: This white wine makes a good companion to all sorts of appetizers, seafood, poultry, pork or veal.

Varietal:		100% Chardonnay
Vineyard location:		vineyards in Kurtatsch
Soil composition:		sandy alluvial moraine soil
Growing system:		guyot and pergola; - 7,000 – 3,500 vines / hectare
Yield:		60 - 70 hl / hectare
Age of wines:		till 20 years
Vinification:		fermentation in stainless steel tanks between 20 – 21°C.; 10% of the wine was fermented and aged in barriques the rest was aged for 5 months on the fine lees in the tank.
Receptacles:		stainless steel and 10% barrique
Alcohol:		13.5% by vol.
Acidity:		6.2 g / liter
Residual sugar:		3.1 g / liter

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