Chardonnay “Castel Turmhof” 2008
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.
Grape varieties: 100 % Chardonnay
Vineyard location: Vineyards in Kurtatsch.
Soil: Chalk gravel moraine soil.
Growing system: Guyot and pergola; - 7,000 – 3,500 vines / hectare
Yield: 60 - 70 hl / hectare
Age of vines: Up to 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.
Barrels: Stainless steel and 10% barrique
Alcohol content: 13.5% by vol.
Total acidity: 6.2 g / litre
Residual sugars: 2.8 g / litre
Release: April 2009
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