Bava Chardonnay Piemonte Thou Blanc 2022

Description

At Cocconato, the large clay and yellow sand beds present in the province of Asti, alternate to beds of chalk and limestone with white and soft marls – called in Piedmontese dialect THOU BIANC, white tuff – that break up in the sun giving the soil a light colour. These soils are traditionally saved for red grapes vineyards because they yield strong yet elegant wines. So it was a surprise to discover that here the white wines become savoury, intense, scented and long-lasting. In the land eastern of the Pieve Farmhous we grow a Chardonnay fruit of the italian varietal research together with some precocious biotypes of Burgundy.

Details

Perfume

Bouquet of orange blossoms, acacuia, linden, banana and honey.

Taste

The palate is dry, fine and ample not having aged in the barriques: when this is the case, the wine expresses its best character after two to five years of ageing in the bottles.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Producer

Producer

Bava

From this winery

• Start up year: 1911
• Oenologist: Giulio Bava
• Bottles produced: 490.000
• Hectares: 55

The Bava Family has grown grape vines in this territory since 1600 and in 1911 in the very same area the family built their first wine cellar.

Since then, over a hundred vintages have gone by, with four generations following one another. The best Bava Barberas are renowned in the world thanks to their high quality.

Today, the family estate extends in Monferrato and Langa, with fifty hectares of vineyards and twenty hectares of natural fields and woods, cultivated with the same awareness, care and attention of the olden times resulting in a sustainable agriculture with a reduced environmental impact.

Walking along the Bava vineyards, you will notice the grass clippings and the prunings used as natual fertilizers, the poles, all strictly made of wood coming from renewable forests or grassing between vine rows, which not only helps prevent soil erosion, but also serves as proof that no hebicides are used. Read more

Piedmont

Pairings

Fish

Shellfish

Cheese

Technical Sheet

Name	Bava Chardonnay Piemonte Thou Blanc 2022
Type	White still
Denomination	Piemonte DOC
Vintage	2022
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Chardonnay
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Bava
Origin	Fronte vineyard, Bricco della Pieve, Cocconato
Climate	Altitude: 330 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition	Limestone with white marls, white tuff.
Cultivation system	Low spurred cordon.
Wine making	After pressing of the grapes is the fermentation of the must that is made limpid through cold clarification; no malo-lactic fermentation.
Aging	The wine ages “sur lie” (French for on lees, without racking) for six months in steel vats.
Allergens	Contains sulphites