Rocca di Castagnoli Molino delle Balze

The diversity of soils, exposure and altitude allows the creation of Molino delle Balze, a full-bodied and structured Chardonnay capable of combining freshness and minerality. A wine also of great longevity.

• APPELLATION

  Toscana IGT

• GRAPE VARIETY

  100% Chardonnay

• VINEYARD 

  Various plots in Loc. Castagnoli

• SOIL

  Rich in Albarese stone and limestone

• HARVEST

  Second half of September

• VINIFICATION

  Maceration includes cold pressing for 48 hours, followed by soft pressing; fermentation occurs 50% in steel and 50% in first and second passage barriques for about 10 days; malolactic fermentation partly in wood and partly in steel, and aging at least 10 months in the bottle.

• SENSORY PROFILE

  A wine with intense minerality and flavor with notes of freshness that make it elegant and lingering, Molino delle Balze is a white wine with a clear, bright straw-yellow color. It has a lingering scent of peach and apricot with a background of quince and acacia honey. It is a wine that is supple and enveloping on the palate. Its perfect balance ends with an excellent lingering finish. It is intended to be drunk soon, but will evolve over the next 5-10 years.

• PAIRINGS

  White meat, fresh and medium-aged cheeses, fish of all kinds.

• SERVING TEMPERATURE

  8-10°C

Chardonnay Molino delle Balze – Rocca di Castagnoli – Tenute Calì