Chardonnay

Organoleptic characteristics

Colour: Straw yellow with lime green reflections
Bouquet: young wine with notes of apple, pear and peach. Subsequently aged in the bottle, it releases hints of exotic fruit, such as pineapple and passion fruit. Notes of vanilla, hazelnut and almonds.
Flavour: good acidity and rich aromas

Training

Production Area: Corleone,Monreale
Vineyards in Ha: 10
Exposition: North/South
Altitude:700 metres above sea level
Soil Type:Clayey,moderate, limestone content
Vineyards age: 6 years
Planting density for hectare: 5000 plantes
Training system: Guyot
Ql. Grapes/ha: 100 about
Yield for hectare: 70% about
Harvest period: August/Septmber
Climate: humid

Vinification

Soft pressing
Fermentation equipment: Steel fermenters
Duration of fermentation in days: 15
Fermentation temperature in C°: 16-18
Malolactic fermentation: no

Laboratory analysis

Sugar content at harvest time: 18-21° babo
Total Acidity of the must at harvest time: 6-7 about
Alcohol content: 11,50-12,50 % Vol
Ph: 3.40

Refinement

Bottle ageing: 30 days

Packaging

Glass bottles: 0,75l
N° of bottles in box: 6

Serving suggestions

All types of fish,especially shellfish and smoked

Serving temperature: 10-12°C

Wine is a joy and exaltation of bodily sensations, and this is why the Senses Line was born, which includes the "monovarietal" wines in purity.
The whole line is followed by verses of illustrious poets, translated by Salvatore Quasimodo and is worthy of some works by Salvatore Incorpora, whose his art was nourished by sculpture, painting, poetry and narrative.
The sacred and the social, the won and the hope, today speak to the heart of man in a universal meaning, through the theme of wine.
The great international whites of the Cantine Patria are born in Corleone, Monreale and Palma di Montechiaro The golden bunches of Chardonnay have undergone the profound influence of the Sicilian territory producing a more intense wine with a great aromatic richnes