29,00 CHF
Renewing oneself, maturing
Time decides the heaviness of the shoots, turns the plants green, makes sprouts grow and fills up the grapes until the long-awaited harvest. Time changes those who wonder what the future will hold, matures those who can wait, renews itself in an already adult glass of sparkling wine.
DATA SHEET >
FLAVOUR
Caressing, full, soft, intensely long, slightly aromatic. Acidity not pronounced.
AROMA
As a young wine: seductive notes of citrus fruit and flowers.
As a mature wine: hints of exotic fruit.
DESIGNATION
IGT Svizzera Italiana
CLASSIFICATION
IGT
COLOUR
Straw yellow with greenish tints
TYPE OF WINE
White
AREA OF ORIGIN
Municipality of Cadenazzo and Gambarogno, Ticino, Switzerland
ALCOHOLIC CONTENT
12.5% Vol.
| Description: | Manual harvesting once the right stage of ripeness is reached. Pressing-destemming every 30 minutes in horizontal fermenters with automatic temperature control. Cold maceration of the skins with dry ice for 12 hours to enhance the fragrance. Soft pneumatic pressing of the skins. Flotation. Heating of the mass to 16°C to start the alcoholic fermentation. At the end of the alcoholic fermentation, racking in thermoregulated stainless steel tanks and lees processing. If necessary, the malolactic fermentation is also completed. After racking, the wine is kept in stainless steel tanks for a couple of months at least. It is blended and filtered before the sparkling process. |
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| Malolactic fermentation: | in stainless steel casks |
| Maturation: | in stainless steel tanks |
| Minimum ageing period in bottle: | 3 months |
| Type of bottle: | Sile |
| Ageing potential: | 5/8 years |
| Cork material: | Guaranteed DIAM (MYTIK) cork without cork taste |
| Type of soil: | fresh, mineral and light |
| Soil processing: | Integrated production methods |
| Cultivation method: | single Guyot |
| Year of planting: | 1997 |
| Yield per hectare: | 90 quintals (63 hl) |
| Harvesting period: | mid-September |
| Harvesting method: | manual |
| Packaging: | 6 of bottles per box |
| Pairings: | Excellent as an aperitif, it pairs well with fresh cheeses, fried battered or tempura fish or vegetables, various canapés. |
| Serving: | In Rastal Luce 30-type glasses at 8°C with an ice bucket. |
