Tenuta Travaglino - Campo della Fojada - Riesling Renano Superior D.O.C.

Tenuta Travaglino - Great Wines Since 1868

The Travaglino estate is located in Calvignano, which is a little town based in the Oltrepo' Pavese. The area, in the south of Lombardy, that wedge from the fertile Po' Valley to the Mediterranean Sea, is well known for having a bunch shape which bounds with the regions of Liguria, Piedmont and Emilia Romagna. The estate has the privilege to raise 400 hectares in a single batch – Two hundred of them are forests destined as a wild hog hunting reserve, which, has been done with the purpose to maintain away the poachers. Hundred and twenty hectares are arable lands and the remaining eighty hectares are vineyards. Moreover, within the property, there are 12 farmsteads, a historic village and an inn with restaurant and few rooms.

Tenuta Travaglino - Campo della Fojada - Riesling Renano Superior D.O.C.

Golden yellow color with bright green reflections that forewarns a very important olfactory complexity with fruity, herbaceous and mineral hints. The taste is structurally important, stand out warm, soft and cozy feelings, on a pleasantly fresh aftertaste. Exalts the appetizers and fish and shellfish courses. Serve at 8/10 ° C.

Data Sheet

Vineyard Location: Campo della Fojada - Calvignano

Soil Type and Exposure: Brown soil -limestone, clay, marl and sandstone, sometimes rocky and chalky. Facing south at 220 m. above sea level

Grape Variety: 100% Riesling Renano

Denomination: DOC (controlled designation of origin)

Cultivation Method and Planting Density: Guyot with 4,800 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield per Hectare: 6,000 litres

Grape Harvest: Traditional hand-picking from 10th to 15th September

Wine Making: White with a partial cryo-maceration of the skins

Muturation: Fermentation takes place in small, temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. It is then decanted and left on the lees to age until the following April after the harvest

Bottling: The month of April following the harvest

Technical Specifications: Sugar 10 mg/l; alcohol content 13 °

Description: A superior Renano, cultivated on the gray clays of Travaglino, it is the best expression of the region, rich in texture and in fruity and mineral aromas

Pairing: Excellent with appetizers and seafood first courses, raw fish and seafood. It also goes well with white meat and medium-matured cheese

Packaging: Rhine bottles in boxes of 6 bottles

Serving Temperature: 8 - 10° C