Wine Cordero di Montezemolo, "Elioro", Langhe DOC, 2013
Tasting Notes
Wine saturated yellow-golden color.
Lively wine with a rich and fresh taste, where the total fruit background stand out notes of melon and green apple, emphasized by accents of oak and vanilla.
The aroma of wine is dominated by shades of citrus, grapefruit, bananas, roasted hazelnuts, honey and oak nuances.
Due to its universal taste wine combined with a wide range of dishes. Especially effective it will be revealed in the company with seafood, cream of mushroom soup, asparagus, white meat and poultry, salads and marine fish.
Interesting Facts
Chardonnay to create a semi-dry white wine "Elioro" grown in the bottom of the Monfaletto, at 220 meters above sea level. Vineyard on the east ekspoztsiey was defeated here in 1987. Type of soil - clay, with a predominance of alkalis. Crop is harvested by hand from late August to early September. After separation from the crests of grapes subjected to tumble dry low, the resulting mash is fermented in stainless steel tanks at a temperature of 15-16 ° C for one week. Malolactic fermentation on the lees have done in oak barrels at low temperatures. The wine is aged in oak barrels for about nine months and bottled to go for aging in the cellar, where it matures for another ten months to implement.
The history of the winery Cordero di Montezemolo began in 1920. The company is located in the ancient manor Monfalletto, which was inherited from the family to the Falletti Montezemolo. Back in the Middle Ages in the territory of the family castle of Castiglione Falletti grown grapes and produced vino.Na Today the company owns 26 hectares of vineyards located in the department of Lange. Cordero di Montezemolo produces exclusively wines of higher categories DOCG and DOC, which regularly receive high ratings from the renowned sommelier.
