Bianco di Custoza D.O.P. 2022 Bergamini

Bianco di Custoza D.O.P.

Classification: D.O.P.
(Protected Designation of Origin)
Vines: Garganega, Trebbiano Toscano, Trebianello (Tocai), Bianca
Fernanda (Cortese)
Training system: double pergola, Guyot.
Production per hectare: 110 q / ha.
Type of collection: manual.
Vinification technique: delicate destemming of grapes, short
maceration of the must with the skins, soft pressing, fermentation a
controlled temperature at 16 ° C in steel barrels.
Aging: 3 months in steel barrels (or in cement barrels
vitrified)
Color: straw yellow with light golden reflections, crystalline.
Bouquet: intense, complex and fine, fruity (white peach), floral
(acacia), mineral and very thin hints of lawn grasses.
Taste: delicate, sapid, pleasantly balanced between freshness and
softness, medium-bodied and good taste-olfactory persistence
Alcohol content: 12%
Optimum consumption period: from 1 to 2 years.
Serving temperature: uncork the bottle at the moment e
serve at 8 - 10 ° C.
Food matches: appetizers, delicate first courses based
of vegetables, white meats, fried and baked sea and lake fish,
fresh cheeses. Excellent also as an aperitif.
History and curiosity: named "Vino delle Dame", the Custoza is a
wine produced in the province of Verona, with Denomination of Origin
Controlled since 1971. It bears the name of a small town built in
Roman era as a post office on the Via Postumia and became
famous in the Risorgimento, when its hills became the scenery of
two bloody battles fought between the Italian Royal Army and
the Austrian imperial.