Pale straw yellow; intense banana and pineapple-led fruit fragrances swathed in wafts of honey and vanilla;full-bodied and fresh-tasting, yet warm and soft-textured with lovely balance, complemented by impressively complex, elegant aromatic persistence.
Food matchings
Ideal with pasta or rice with white meat sauces, grilled fish, shellfish in sauces and strong-flavoured cheeses.
Chardonnay Maso Reiner Alto Adige D.O.C.
Soil types
Limestone-based and very pebbly with a substantial proportion of clay and moderate organic matter content
Elevation
350-400 metres above sea level
Grape
Chardonnay
Training system
Part overhead trellis and part vertical trellis with Guyot pruning
Planting density
3,500 vines per hectare for overhead trellis; 6,000 vines per hectare for vertical trellis
Harvest period
Mid September
Alcohol content
13.5% vol.
Serving temperature
10-12 °C.
Recommended glass
Medium-sized tulip-shaped, narrowing towards the rim
