Winemaker Notes
Deep yellow with golden highlights. On the nose, very complex, fragrant and persistent, with hints of apple, grapefruit, almond blossom and citrus fruits. Well-structured, elegant, delicate and well-balanced, it is a wine whose fruity notes are further enhanced by a small percentage of wood-aged wine. It may be enjoyed right away, but also has all the characteristics to improve with time in the bottle.
Blend: 80% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Blanc, 10% Sauvignon & Incrocio Manzoni
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
The southern part of Italy’s northeastern Alpine region, Trentino, produces quality wines from international varieties. But its most exceptional native variety, Teroldego, with plantings concentrated around the sandy, gravelly, limestone soils of its Campo Rotaliano district, makes a deep purple-hued red wine with scents and flavors of wild blackberry, herbs, espresso and cocoa.