Nose

Intensively flowery bouquet, with numerous fruity fragrance notes recalling ripe apples.

Palate

Full bodied and finely proportioned, with a long-lasting finish. The taste is pleasantly dry, fine and velvety with a lively freshness.

Growing Conditions

- Elevation of vineyards: 210 to 600 m.a.s.l.
- Locations to the south of Margreid/Magrè - sandy alluvial soil
- Hillside vineyards in Kurtatsch/Cortaccia - chalk gravel moraine soil

Harvest

Grapes are harvested by hand.

Winemaking

Fermentation and aging for ten months at 50% in large oak under regular batonnage, at 25% in concrete vats on and at 25% with malolactic fermentation in tonneau. After blending, the assemblage spends another two months in concrete vats. Finally, the wine is allowed to mature additional five months in the bottle.

Aging

- For 10 months: 50% in large oak casks 25% in tonneau barrels 25% in concrete vats
- 2 months in concrete vats
- 5 months maturation in bottle

Appearance

Greenish-yellow.

Food Pairing

Aperitif, pasta/noodles, rice dishes, fish, poultry.