Coppo - Chardonnay - Costebianche 2012
Winery Technical Data
NAME ORIGIN: this wine owes its name to the color of the soil where the vineyards are located, Costebianche means white slopes
APPELLATION: Piemonte D.O.C.
GRAPE VARIETY: Chardonnay
EXPOSURE: south - south east – south west
SOIL COMPOSITION: calcareous clay marl
VINEYARD ALTITUDE: 650 ft a.s.l.
TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot
VINEYARD DENSITY: 4,000 plants per hectare
HARVESTING PERIOD: August 012
HARVEST: selection in vineyards of the healthiest, ripest grapes hand collected in 40 lb picking baskets
VINIFICATION AND FINING: after the soft pressing, 20% of the must is fermented and aged on fine lees in french oak barrels of second and third passage
MALO-LATTIC: partially carried out
ALCOHOL: 12.58 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.46 g/l
pH: 3.27
COLOR: straw yellow with greenish reflections
NOSE: floral notes, apple, white peach, and citrin fruits
TASTE: fresh and round, pleasantly savory
PAIRINGS: vegetables aspic, gazpacho, stuffed zucchini flowers
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 12 Celsius
APPELLATION: Piemonte D.O.C.
GRAPE VARIETY: Chardonnay
EXPOSURE: south - south east – south west
SOIL COMPOSITION: calcareous clay marl
VINEYARD ALTITUDE: 650 ft a.s.l.
TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot
VINEYARD DENSITY: 4,000 plants per hectare
HARVESTING PERIOD: August 012
HARVEST: selection in vineyards of the healthiest, ripest grapes hand collected in 40 lb picking baskets
VINIFICATION AND FINING: after the soft pressing, 20% of the must is fermented and aged on fine lees in french oak barrels of second and third passage
MALO-LATTIC: partially carried out
ALCOHOL: 12.58 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.46 g/l
pH: 3.27
COLOR: straw yellow with greenish reflections
NOSE: floral notes, apple, white peach, and citrin fruits
TASTE: fresh and round, pleasantly savory
PAIRINGS: vegetables aspic, gazpacho, stuffed zucchini flowers
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 12 Celsius