TENIMENTI LUIGI D’ALESSANDRO FONTARCA

WHITE WINE
Grape: Viognier
Alcohol: 13% vol.
Characteristics: Fontarca comes only from grapes Viognier selected in the oldest vineyard, planted in 1991. Elegant, assuredly deep, intense, with a great ageing potential. It has sea rocks, marine fossils, shells, fleur de sel and medical herbs, anise, rosemary, Salina’s capers.
Food matching: Pasta, Vegetarian, Appetizers and snacks, Lean fish, Cured Meat
Vines training system: spur cordon
Fermentation: tina troncoconica di rovere francese da 20 hl.
Aging: 18 months in 20 liters oak and chestnut barrels.
Soil composition: white clay
First harvest: 1990
LT: 0,75 Bottles : 4.500
Wine regions: Cortona, Arezzo, Italy