Coppo - Chardonnay - Costebianche 2013
Winery Technical Data
NAME ORIGIN: this wine owes its name to the
color of the soil where the vineyards are located,
Costebianche means in fact 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: September 013
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 year
MALO-LATTIC: partially carried out
ALCOHOL: 12.12 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5,88 g/l
pH: 3,32
COLOR: straw yellow with greenish reflections
NOSE: floral notes, apple, white peach, and citrus
TASTE: fresh and round, pleasantly savory
PAIRINGS: vegetables aspic, gazpacho, stuffed
zucchini flowers, sole meuniere
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 12 Celsius
color of the soil where the vineyards are located,
Costebianche means in fact 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: September 013
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 year
MALO-LATTIC: partially carried out
ALCOHOL: 12.12 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5,88 g/l
pH: 3,32
COLOR: straw yellow with greenish reflections
NOSE: floral notes, apple, white peach, and citrus
TASTE: fresh and round, pleasantly savory
PAIRINGS: vegetables aspic, gazpacho, stuffed
zucchini flowers, sole meuniere
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 12 Celsius
Costebianche
Is the youngest Chardonnay produced by Coppo. The wine gets its name from its vineyards, which are planted in naturally white soils of clayey-calcareous marl.
