Coppo - Chardonnay - Costebianche 2017
Winery Technical Data
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.
NAME ORIGIN: this wine owes its name to the color of the soil where the vineyards are located; Costebianche means "white slopes".
APPELLATION: Piemonte DOC
GRAPE VARIETY: Chardonnay
EXPOSURE: south - southeast – southwest
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 2014
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
MALOLACTIC: partially carried out
ALCOHOL: 11.92 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.51 g/l
pH: 3.26
COLOR: straw yellow with greenish reflections
NOSE: floral notes, apple, white peach, and citrus fruits
TASTE: fresh and round, pleasantly savory
PAIRINGS: vegetables in aspic, gazpacho, stuffed zucchini flowers, sole meuniere
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 12 degrees Celsius
SIZES: 0.750 l
NAME ORIGIN: this wine owes its name to the color of the soil where the vineyards are located; Costebianche means "white slopes".
APPELLATION: Piemonte DOC
GRAPE VARIETY: Chardonnay
EXPOSURE: south - southeast – southwest
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 2014
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
MALOLACTIC: partially carried out
ALCOHOL: 11.92 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.51 g/l
pH: 3.26
COLOR: straw yellow with greenish reflections
NOSE: floral notes, apple, white peach, and citrus fruits
TASTE: fresh and round, pleasantly savory
PAIRINGS: vegetables in aspic, gazpacho, stuffed zucchini flowers, sole meuniere
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 12 degrees Celsius
SIZES: 0.750 l