Description

Pinot Nero vinified white / DOC Oltrepò Pavese

ORIGIN: Oltrepò Pavese

VINE VARIETY: Pinot Noir fermented without the skins

SOIL: Clayey, smily with calcareous marl and gypsum located around the 45° parallel north.

GRAPE CULTIVATION: Guyot-trained

HARVESTING: By hand.

VINIFICATION: Grape soft pressing with pneumatic press. Fermentation with cultured yeasts at 16°C

REFINING: In stainless steel vats, followed by a second natural fermentation in pressurized vats at 16°C temperature with cultured yeasts. During ageing the wine undergoes several analytical controls to assure its integrity.

BOTTLING: Cold sterile

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 11.5%vol 

COLOUR: Straw-yellow with greenish tinges.

NOSE: Intense, with scents of white flowers and s slight note of citrus fruit that evolves into apple.

PALATE: Dry, fresh and lean. It has a pleasant acidulous hint which  make it fresh and easy drinking.

INTERNATIONAL PAIRINGS: Urta (Spain) – Sashimi (Japan)

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10 – 12°C

CURIOSITY: The name means small pinecone, indicating the typical characteristic of the vine that produces small bunches of grapes.