Langhe Chardonnay Ampelio 2023

Description

Still white wine from Piedmont, 13% ABV, produced by Fontanafredda. 100% Chardonnay, 0.75L bottle, 2023 vintage. A wine born in the heart of the Langhe, where history and passion blend to create a unique experience. After pressing, the must is immediately separated from the skins, followed by refrigeration and static decantation. Finally, fermentation takes place with selected yeasts, partly (70%) in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature (20°C), partly (the remaining 30%) in small 225-liter new Allier oak barrels. Aged for approximately 6 months, during which time malolactic fermentation is completed. The two blends are blended in the spring following the harvest and then bottled. Complex yet fresh aroma, fruity, intense, with pleasant vanilla notes. The flavor is savory, dry, and soft, full-bodied, harmonious, and long-lasting.

Details

Perfume

Complex but fresh aroma, fruity, intense, pleasantly vanilla-like.

Taste

The flavour is savoury, dry and soft, full, harmonious and long lasting.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Fontanafredda

From this winery

• Start up year: 1878
• Oenologist: Giorgio Lavagna
• Bottles produced: 7.000.000
• Hectares: 120

Fontanafredda is located in the Langhe (Piedmont), in the heart of Barolo production, in Serralunga d'Alba.

Like all beautiful things, Fontanafredda originates from a love story between the first King of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II, and Rosa Vercellana.
Producers of Barolo and sumptuous wines of the Langhe, it was the scene of many firsts: they were the first Barolo to go overseas, the first to produce the first Classic Method in 1959, which was to be the forerunner of Alta Langa.

The founding principle of the winery is the concept of community.

Since 2018, Fontanafredda has been cultivating 120 organically certified hectares that are the setting for Italy's first Storytelling Village ('Villaggio Narrante'), which is still home to 12 families of workers who make the village an authentic village, alive and productive.

Fontanafredda is also hospitality, a meeting place where everyone is welcome thanks to its 4-star hospitality.

Today, the company preserves intact the testimonies of its noble past - the hunting lodge, the village, the extensive cellars, the vineyards - but continues to renew itself and experiment, perfecting what nature and history have handed down. For this reason, in the Langhe, where vines and wine bind generations to each other and shape the landscape, Fontanafredda is an essential reference point. The expression of a wine culture that comes from the earth, from the vineyard, and is refined through the work and creativity of people.

In 2021, the Alta Langa DOCG Contessa Rosa Rosé 2014 was named 'Best Sparkling Wine in the World' according to Tastingbook 2021.

In 2022 the BAROLO SERRALUNGA 2018 entered the TOP100 of WINE SPECTATOR in 78th place. Read more

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	Fontanafredda Langhe Chardonnay Ampelio 2023
Type	White green still
Denomination	Langhe DOC
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Chardonnay
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Fontanafredda
Origin	Alba, Treiso, Serralunga d'Alba and Diano d'Alba
Climate	Exposure: East and West.
Soil composition	Limestone marls and sandstone.
Fermentation temperature	20 °C
Wine making	After crushing, the must is immediately separated from the skins, followed by refrigeration and static decantation. Finally fermentation with selected yeasts, partly (70%) in stainless steel containers at a controlled temperature (20 °C), partly (the remaining 30%) in small 225-litre new Allier oak barrels.
Aging	The wine stays in wood for about 6 months, during which malolactic fermentation is completed. In the spring following the harvest, the two parts are blended and then bottled.
Allergens	Contains sulphites