MARETO Chardonnay Puglia IGP

Grapes are carefully selected from low-yielding vineyards located in the Commune of Maruggio, near the border with the Commune of Torricella, in the province of Taranto.

The vines are trained using the Guyot system at a density of 5,800 vines per hectare, yielding an average 2-2.5 kg per plant. The vines average 15 to 25 years old.

Carefully hand-harvested in mid to late August.

The grapes are destemmed and gently pressed in a soft press to separate the skins from the juice.

After clarifying the must at 10°C for 24 hours, selected yeasts are added to start fermentation. After two days, the must is transferred into French and American barriques, where fermentation continues for another 5-7 days. After fermentation, the wine remains in the barriques for another 5 months and is stirred weekly to extract maximum flavour and texture from the lees, which enrich the wine.

French and American barriques, 30% of which are new, for 5 months.