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Pio Cesare Chardonnay Piodilei Langhe 2008
Region
Piemonte, Italy
Grapes
100% Chardonnay
Viticulture
A single vineyard barrel fermented Chardonnay. From the very first Pio Cesare Chardonnay vineyard, planted in 1980, at the “Il Bricco” Estate in Treiso, in the Barbaresco area.
The yield per hectare is very small (less than 40 hl. per hectare), the grapes are carefully selected bunch by bunch and they are late harvested, in order to pick them fully ripe.
Wine Making
After a gentle pressing, the juice is fermented 100% in new oak barrels of French oak for a long time. The wine remains on the leavens for an extra period of 8 months. After the bottling it is aged in the bottle for 1 year prior to releasing it.
Tasting Notes
Delicate fruit, hint of apples, banana and tropical fruit, with a good complexity, richness, a hint of vanilla, good long finish.
Alcohol
14%
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