Cordero di Montezemolo Elioro Langhe Chardonnay '19
Cordero di Montezemolo
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Since 1340, 19 generations one after another, have managed the Monfalletto property in the town of La Morra, the center of the production of Barolo wine.
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- Wine Country
- Italy
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- Grape varieties wine
- Chardonnay
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- Wine-food combination
- Given its substantial structure, this wine pairs particularly well with a wide range of dishes, from chicken galantine, seafood antipasti, crustacean first courses, soups (like minestrone or cream of mushroom, potatoes or leeks), salads with chicken. Excellent with seafood and fish.
About this wine
Description & facts
The family’s origin is Spanish and they settled in Piedmont only during the mid 1400s. The family members were distinguished in the printing/typesetting field and in significant military and diplomatic roles of the Royal House of Savoy to then become one of the most important aristocratic families (Marchesi) of Piedmont.
One of the several Falletti family branches, proprietors of Monfalletto Estate and the most noteworthy noble family of the Alba area, intertwines with the Cordero di Montezemolo family when Maria Lydia, daughter of the Marchese Luigia Falletti marries Paolo Cordero di Montezemolo in 1918. The couple unfortunately dies prematurely but not before their only son, Paolo is born.
When she died in 1941, he inherited her entire property, including the Monfalletto Estate in La Morra. Historical texts testify to the florid and important agricultural activity of the farm set on a unique and fortunate hill. The wine production on this hill is documented from over 200 years ago.
- Producer
- Cordero di Montezemolo
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Wine Region
- Situated in the municipality of La Morra, in the lowest part of Monfalletto at 220 meters above sea level.
- Classification
- Denominazione di Origine Controllata
- Vintage
- 2019
- Grape varieties wine
- Chardonnay
- % of grape varieties wine
- 100 % Chardonnay
- Tasting note
- Intense yellow – gold; on the nose: citrus, grapefruit, banana, toasted hazelnut, honey and slight note of oak. In the mouth, fat, powerful and fresh with a long, persistent finish.
- Wine-food combination
- Given its substantial structure, this wine pairs particularly well with a wide range of dishes, from chicken galantine, seafood antipasti, crustacean first courses, soups (like minestrone or cream of mushroom, potatoes or leeks), salads with chicken. Excellent with seafood and fish.
- Vinification
- De-stemmed and pressed. Following static clarification or flotation. Drawn off and fermented at a temperature of 15/16 °C for about one week in stainless steel tanks. Racked to wood where fermentation finishes after about a month. Kept in wood for malolactic fermentation on lees for about one month at low temperatures and frequent stirring of lees. Racked and again aged in wood for approximately 9 months. Bottled aging in cellar for 10 months before release.
- Location Vineyard
- Situated in the municipality of La Morra, in the lowest part of Monfalletto at 220 meters above sea level.
- Soil
- Clay
- Closure
- Cork
- Serving temperature
- 10 °C
- Ageing potential
- Age-worthy. Fabulous even after more than 25 years.
