🌍 Production area: San Pancrazio Salentino, Apulia
🌱 Soil: medium-textured, calcareous-clayey-siliceous
⛰️ Altitude: 65 m above sea level
🌿 Training system: low espalier (4,600 vines per hectare)
⏳ Age of vineyards: 30 years
🍇 Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
📅 Harvest period: late harvest in August
🌾 Yield per hectare: 8 tonnes
🍷 Vinification: after de-stemming and crushing, the must is cooled to 8°C and alcoholic fermentation is induced by selected yeasts, enhancing the fruity bouquet. During alcoholic fermentation, the temperature is controlled at 16°C.
🛢️ Maturation: the wine is aged for about 6 months in medium-toasted French barriques.
🎨 Color: straw yellow with golden highlights
👃 Nose: delicate, soft bouquet with aromas of exotic fruit, honey, butter, and hints of vanilla.
👅 Palate: medium-bodied, dry and velvety, savory with an elegant and persistent aftertaste.
❄️ Serving temperature: 10°-12°C
🍾 Alcohol content: 13.5% vol
🍽️ Food pairings: excellent with appetizers, fish dishes, mollusks, shellfish, white meats, and cold cut and cheese boards.
✨ Apulian Chardonnay, grown in suitable areas like San Pancrazio Salentino, expresses its versatility and aromatic richness best when fermented at low temperatures to preserve freshness and aromas.
