Vigna San Francesco Chardonnay 2021 - Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Regaleali

Another version of the historic wine of the Tasca d'Almerita winery, the Vigna San Francesco Chardonnay

HISTORY

Vigna San Francesco was born in 1985 from an idea by Lucio Tasca d'Almerita, who decided to compare himself with the most celebrated white grape variety in the world: Chardonnay.

It is a Sicilian white wine with great historicity, which comes from pure Chardonnay grapes.

A very full-bodied wine, with a good aromatic intensity.

One of its strong points are the soils and the hilly position where it is born: the Vigna San Francesco. Located at an average altitude of 530 meters above sea level, it has allowed us to preserve a high degree of acidity thanks to the high temperature range characteristic of the estate.

PRIZES

It is a bottle which, like almost all the wines of the Tasca d'Almerita winery, boasts many and varied awards, including several Gold Medals at the China Wine Challenge, various Crowns from Good Wines of Italy, 3 glasses of Gambero Rosso, always very high marks from the various James Suckling, Doctor Wine, Robert Parker, The Winehunter.

The vintage we currently have available boasts:

2021 Doctor Wine 94/100

2021 James Suckling 92/100

2021 The wines of Veronelli 91/100

2021 Vitae 2024 4 SCREWS 95/100

DATA SHEET

Grape varieties: Chardonnay

Denomination: Bianco Sicilia DOC

Wine-growing area: Tenuta Regaleali – Palermo – Sicily

Vineyards: San Francesco of 4.9 hectares

Year of planting: 1985

Altitude: 530 m above sea level

Exposure: South-East

Training system: espalier

Pruning type: double guyot

Stock density per ha: 3,200

Grape yield per hectare: 74 quintals

Climate trend: year characterized by a mild and little rainy winter, followed by a hot and dry spring and summer period. From May until late September the useful rains ceased and temperatures rose well above the seasonal average.

Harvest period: 20 August 2021

Fermentation: in 350 liter French oak barrels (Allier and Tronçais)

Fermentation temperature: 18°C

Duration in contact with the skins: 15 days

Malolactic fermentation: Not carried out

Aging: In 350 liter French oak barrels (Allier and Tronçais), 70% new and 30% second passage, for 8 months.

Alcohol content: 14% Vol.

Analytical data of the wine: pH 3.32 – AT 6.31 g/l – ZR 1.3 g/l – ET 25.50 g/l

Contains sulfites