Il Castagneto 2021
Chardonnay Ticino DOC| Type | White wines |
| Classification | Ticino DOC Chardonnay |
| Grape varieties | Chardonnay |
| Aging | 12 months in barriques |
| Size | 75cl |
| Year | 2021 |
| Enjoyment phase | 5 years after harvest |
| Service temperature | 12-14° C |
| Alcohol content | 13 % |
| Article no | 00001372 |
Intense and complex. It opens with elegant roasted and vanilla notes, and continues with exotic fruits such as lychee, mango and pineapple against a background of flint and lemon peel
Crespella with smoked salmon and fresh ricotta cheese, fish ravioli with saffron and cherry tomatoes, grilled lobster with herb butter, spaghetti with saffron sauce, jumbo prawns and cherry tomatoes
Chardonnay with character and depth. Dry and savoury on the palate with excellent fresh taste. Finish accompanied by fruity and spicy aromas in the nose.
Shining golden, slightly greenish highlights
Harvested mid-September. Alcoholic fermentation in new French oak barriques. Maturation on lees for 12 months, malolactic fermentation in barriques. During ageing, periodic batonnage to suspend the fine lees and give greater complexity of flavour.
2021: Mild, not excessively cold winter. Cold spring with delayed vegetative recovery. Hot summer with rain during the final ripening phase.
| Vineyard exposure and latitude | south-east 200 masl / 300 masl |
| Age of vines | 40 years |
| Soil | sandy, partly gravelly, derived from granite and gneiss rock |
| Planting density | 3’500 vines per hectare |
| Yield per m2 | 800g |
| Cultivation system | double Guyot |
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