Gotha Divino - Chardonnay

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Planting density: 5.000 vines per hectare
Training system: Guyot

Harvest: Manual in 15 kg crates
Production: about 80 q.li per hectare
Aging: steel tanks

Alcohol content: 12.5% vol

White Vinification

It is called this way the productive process that takes place without contact between the skins and the must in other words without maceration.

The grapes are brought to the cellar in 15kg crates where they will remain for at least 24 hours in an blast chilling cell to preserve the aroma and break down the temperature.

Subsequently the grapes are selected on a vibrating platform, manually loaded in a hopper and through a conveyor belt into a pneumatic press.

The pressure applied is very slight, so as to avoid tearing stems and seeds, but sufficient to ensure the release of the must.

Then the grapes are fermented at temperatures of 14-15 ° C in order to ensure the maximum formation of aromas.

They will be left to decant at a low temperature in order to ensure the greatest clarity and brilliance.

The Chardonnay is made in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures to continue its aging period that will culminate with the bottling.

Press with CO2 recycling to reduce environmental impact

We process the grapes in total absence of oxygen inoculating CO2.

To reduce to the minimum CO2 emissions we use an air balloon that recycles the gas up to twenty pressings, safeguarding the environment.

Grapes washer with a water recirculation pump

The grapes are hand harvested and put into 15kg crates and entirely washed. A water recirculation pump and special filters reduce the water consumption.

Territory

The oldest human settlements in Oltrepò date back to the Neolithic period (5000-2500 BC).
Through the consular roads settled the Roman Empire and after its defeat, the barbarians arrived and mingled with strains: Etruscan, Celts, Gauls, Irioligure and Latin.

The oldest Christian witness dates back to 453 and it is the Christian tombstone of Orion.

Numerous, in Oltrepò, are the noteworthy frescoes present in different churches and chapels of important artists including: Michelino da Besozzo, Bernardino and Bartholomew Rossi also called Suardi Bramantino.

In Oltrepò there are 55 fortified places, of which 38 castles.

The territory, in the province of Pavia is 1,070 sq. km. with lowland areas below 200 meters above sea level, a large hilly area between 200 and 300 meters above sea level and an area over 350 meters, with peaks up to 1,724 meters above sea level.

The climate is mostly dry and the important temperature changes created by updrafts in mountain areas made the Oltrepò an area highly suited to the production of grapes and wine.

The soils of the low hilly area, consisting of marine sedimentary rocks with significant clay content and the higher ones of chalky origin, characterize better both the sparkling and red wines.

With a vined surface area of 13,269 hectares, the Oltrepò represents 60% of the entire vineyard area of Lombardy, while the hectolitres of wine produced; make it the third area in Italy.

The genotypes of Pinot Noir were grown in Oltrepò by the ancient Romans.

The first traces of the production of classic method, in Oltrepò, date back to 1870.

Wine available in two bottles sizes: Bottle with 0.75L and bottle with 1.5L

Direct delivery from the cellar in Italy.