BLANC DE BLANCS NATURE – GIOVE IN ACQUARIO Quality sparkling wine – Classic Method
First year of production
1979
Number of bottles produced
99,593 bottles and 6,665 magnums
Grape variety
chardonnay
Average vineyard production
6,500 kg/hectare
Yield in wine
50% (50l of wine from every 100 kg of grapes)
Cuvée
100% Chardonnay of which 80% from the 2021 harvest and 20% from reserve wines; first spontaneous fermentation in steel tanks (80%) and large oak barrels (20%).
Tirage
April 2022
Yeast aging
at least 30 months
Riddling
manual, 4 weeks
Disgorging
from October 2024 to May 2025
Wine made exclusively using the Chardonnay grapes from our hillside vineyards, grown using biodynamic agricultural methods.
First fermentation with native yeasts, in steel tanks and large oak barrels.
Partial malolactic fermentation.
Alcohol
12,5% vol
Dosage
0 g/l
total acidity
5.3 g/l
pH
3.15
total sulphur dioxide after disgorgement
43 mg/l