Chardonnay

Think of a sunstorm on a quiet morning of blond light, think of the gentle oxymoron of the south: the sunsets that precede the dream nights and the dreams that determine the events in the lives of some men. And here is the dream of Augusto Cantele, one of the first oenologists in Puglia capable of conceiving and obtaining contemporary Chardonnay.

A wine that becomes the mirror of the terroir that hosts it, profoundly different from that grown elsewhere, born as a bulk wine that initially played a basic role for the wines of Northern Italy. So much so that its story vaguely resembles an acrobatics, something that only those who train can seek and then suspend in a gesture, in this case in a wine, an otherwise impossible balance.

And it is thanks to this patient exercise of dreamers that Cantele's Chardonnay lyric has distinguished itself. So as to develop an identity, like an unmistakable profile in a photograph that portrays several faces. Identity of a wine that managed to win the White Wine of The Year at the Challenge of the prestigious London fair in the nineties. Since then, this Chardonnay sings its warm story of Salento in the glasses.

CLASSIFICATION   IGP Puglia

GRAPES     Chardonnay

FARM  Espalier with Guyot pruning

TIME OF HARVEST   Mid-August

VINIFICATION   Soft pressing and must cooled to 10 ° C

FERMENTATION  In steel at 15-16 ° C

REFINING  In steel tank

AGING  Freshness and flavor for about 2 years