Chardonnay Riserva Curlan 2021 - 14% vol. Cornaiano Winery

Description: 
Intense golden yellow with aromas of citrus and peach. The wine presents itself elegantly and complex with pronounced minerality. The finish is long and saliva stimulating. 
Curlan, then the name of Girlan, is the emblem of the Cornaiano Winery's top-quality wines from the single vineyard "Girlan". 

Grape varierty: 
Chardonnay - South Tyrol DOC Riserva 

Production area: 
Years of extensive research and countless tests by vinification of the smallest quantities of wine were the foundation stone for this wine. The grapes for this wine come from 2 selected plots in the single vineyard Girlan, situated on the hills Gschleier and Schreckbichl between 450-500m above sea level. The vineyards face east and west respectively and cover a total area of 1 ha. The 20-25 year old vines grow on poor and gravelly soils, formed by moraine deposits on volcanic porphyry rock. 

Vinification: 
After immediate whole bunch pressing, the must is clarified from the lees by natural sedimentation. Fermentation, malolactic fermentation and subsequent ageing on the lees take place for 12 months in barriques. The wine then matures for 8 months in steel tanks and is stored in the bottle for another 12 months. 

Food pairing: 
This wine elegantly accompanies fine fish dishes, but also white meat. 

Serving temperature: 
10 - 12°C. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 15 years. 

Bottle to: 
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt. 

Allergens: 
wine can contains sulphites. 

Producer: 
Cantina Girlan 
The Cantina Girlan was founded in 1923 in an ancient farmstead from the XVI century. Back then 23 winegrowers laid the foundation stones of what was later to become the winery we see today. The walls, steeped in ancient tradition, and the labyrinthine corridors of the cellar harbour the secrets of state-of-the-art winemaking technology and hold the ideal conditions for ageing our wines. In 2010, work was started to modernize the cellar and bring it into line with modern technical standards. 
Today, about 200 greatly committed and motivated winegrowers and their families farm an area covering about 220 hectares of vineyards in the best production areas of Oltradige and Bassa Atesina. Our enologist, Gerhard Kofler, keeps in close personal contact with the winegrowers and provides his professional advice during the growing season. This beneficial exchange of expertise sets the foundations for producing highest quality wines. 
Our tenets 
We pursue the following main objectives: we seek, on one hand, to showcase and promote the historic local grape varieties and on the other, to create impressive characterful wines using international grape varieties yet keeping them closely connected to the land. This is all achieved while respecting nature's flow and rhythms. 

Cantina Sociale Cornaiano Soc. Agricola Coop. 
Via San Martino 24 
IT - 39057 - Cornaiano (BZ) 
info@girlan.it 
www.girlan.it