Chardonnay

The grapes come from Ulmo at 250 metres and from Maroccoli and Monte Cirami at an altitude of 415 metres. Ulmo has gravelly, moderately calcareous soils with dark organic patches; the higher-lying sites are calcareous and partly chalky. After hand-harvesting and cold settling, the must ferments for five to seven days in 225-litre Allier barriques. The wine is matured for eleven months on the fine lees with bâtonnage, in 40 per cent new and used barrels. It shows apricot, tinned peach, pink grapefruit, beeswax and honey, with fresh acidity, gentle oak influence and a mineral finish. The 2024 vintage was small in quantity, but well balanced in quality among the white wines.