White wine obtained from Chardonnay grapes; straw-yellow colour; strong bouquet of spices and vanilla; dry, sapid and smooth flavour. All-dinner wine, it's also fine with sea products, rice with sea-food sauces, white meat and middle dishes.
To be served at 12 - 14 Celsius.

CLASSIFICATION
White Salice Salentino D.O.C. 


GRAPES
Chardonnay

GRAPE-HARVEST
Hand picked with selection of the bunches

AREA OF PRODUCTION
Salice Salentino

BREEDING GRAPEVINES
Espalier with 5.000 vinestock per hectare

YIELD IN GRAPE per HECTARE
65 quintals

AGE AVERAGE OF THE VINEYARDS
15 years

TIME OF GRAPE-HARVEST
Before the 10th of August

VINIFICATION
Cold maceration and following static decantation. Fermentation in oak barrels of 225 litres and permanence on the thin dregs of fermentation for about nine months.

TASTING NOTES 
A wine of golden yellow, complex perfume of flowers and fruit, toasty vanilla and vinified in oak barrels. 

 To serve at a temperature of 12 - 14° C.

ALCOHOL
12,50% Vol.

AWARDS

• ’94 Vintage GREAT GOLD MEDAL at the ’95 VINITALY INTERNATIONAL OENOLOGICAL COMPETITION in VERONA.
• ’01 Vintage TWO GLASSES SYMBOL in the 2004 GAMBERO ROSSO ITALIAN WINES GUIDE
• ’04 – ’06 Vintages 4 BUNCH SYMBOL in the 2006 – 2008 AND TWO GLASSES SYMBOL IN THE 2006-2008 GAMBERO ROSSO ITALIAN WINES GUIDE S. F. A. and in the 2006 ANNUARY BEST ITALIAN WINES by L. Maroni.
- '06 Vintage: EXCELLENCE ON GUIDA AI VINI DI PUGLIA E BASILICATA DE "LA GAZZETTA DEL MEZZOGIORNO"