Pale straw, heralding a fresh, subtle bouquet of ripe golden delicious apples and bananas;dry, attractively fresh, palate with lots of structure and appeal.
Food matchings
Excellent with starters and a natural choice for subtly flavoured fish dishes or slightly spicy white meats.
Chardonnay Alto Adige D.O.C.
Soil types
Various, mainly limestone-based and pebbly with a substantial proportion of clay
Elevation
350-600 metres above sea level
Grape
Chardonnay
Training system
Part overhead trellis and part vertical trellis with Guyot pruning
Planting density
3,500-3,500 vines per hectare for overhead trellis; 5,000-6,000 vines per hectare for vertical trellis
Harvest period
Mid September to early October
Alcohol content
12.5% vol.
Serving temperature
10-12 °C
Recommended glass
Medium-sized tulip-shaped, narrowing towards the rim
