Who: Alessandro Uslenghi
Where: Vignale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
What: Barbera, Nebbiolo, Cortese, Freisa
How: Certified Organic (CCPB) and Biodynamic (Demeter)
Total size: cases, ha (11 ac)

Cortese Piemonte DOC 2020

APPELLATION: Cortese Piemonte DOC

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Cortese

WINE STYLE: White Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: Small Stainless Steel Vats (103HL), temperature controlled

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: No maceration in the berry, soft press

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: Stainless Steel

AGED FOR: Three months on lees and then couple of months in bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No clarification. Filtration with perlite right after malo and then light filtration 1 micron at bottling.

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: no added SO2, natural occurring sulphites 7 ppm

BOTTLING DATE: January 26, 2021

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12.4%

VINEYARD: Collina vineyard

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Organic and Biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 230 m

SOIL: Soil is alkaline, Clayey, silty, highly calcareous with the following percentages : Silt 58% clay 24% sand 18%

YEAR PLANTED: 2005

DENSITY: 4100 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: September 9, 2019

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 4372 bottles