Castello di Neive Montebertotto
Wine Description
The story of Castello di Neive Arneis is a love story. In the mid 70’s, Italo Stupino, a producer of magnificent red wines, decided to produce a white wine for his wife that did not like red wines. The chosen grape was Arneis.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Montebertotto
Vineyard size
3.7 hectares acres
Soil composition
marl-calcareous
Training method
guyot
Elevation:
250 m feet
Exposure:
south/southeast
Year vineyard planted:
1977, 1981, 1990, 2010
Harvest time:
end of August
First vintage of this wine:
1982
Bottles produced of this wine:
20,000
Winemaking & Aging
Prefermentation Technique:
cold maceration with dry ice
Maceration length:
4-6 hours
Varietal composition:
100% Arneis
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
20 days days
Fermentation temperature:
64 °F
Malolactic fermentation:
no
Fining agent:
gelatin, cellulose panel and microfiltration
Type of aging container:
stainless steel
Size of aging container:
7000
Length of aging before bottling:
3 months
Length of bottle aging:
3 months
Total SO2
100
Analytical Data
pH level:
3.2
Acidity:
6 g/L
Alcohol:
13 %
Total SO2
100
Residual sugar:
3.5 g/L
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