COSTE DELLA SESIA BIANCO DOC ‘VIGNALUCE’
VINEYARD: 1 Ha., 25 year old vines, spurred cordon training-system, density up to 4.500 vines per Ha. South-East exposure. Thin superficial layer of iron-rich red clay. The mother-rock is a mix pink porphyry and red granite. 100% Erbaluce.
WINEMAKING: Erbaluce grapes are handpicked the third week of October and fermented in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature with ambient yeasts. The wine ages for 1 year in stainless steel tanks where it matures on its lees prior to decanting and bottling.
| APPELLATION |
Coste della Sesia Bianco Doc |
| VINTAGE |
2006 |
| GRAPE COMPOSITION |
100% Erbaluce |
| TYPE |
White / Dry |
| VINEYARD | 1 Ha., 35 year old vines, Guyot training-system, density up to 5.500 vines per Ha. South-West exposure. |
| SOIL |
Orange-tinged sand rich in quartz, iron and manganese. The bedrock is red schist. |
| ALCOHOL |
13.5% |
| PRODUCTION |
6,000 bottles |
| AWARDS |
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| WINEMAKING | Grapes are handpicked the third week of September. Fermentation at controlled temperature in Inox vats with ambient yeasts. The wine ages for 1 year in stainless steel vats sur-lie where it completes the malolactic fermentation, prior to decanting, sterile filtration and bottling. |
| FOOD CHOICE |
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| Producer Home page: |
SELLA |
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| WINE REGION: |
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Fri, Jul 10, 2009
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