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    9 MENTI BIANCO 

IGT Salento                 White Dry

9 Menti Bianco IGT Salento Grape: 50% Verdeca  50% Chardonnay IGT Apulia

 Alcohol: 12°

 Colour: straw-yellow with greenish glow

 Age of vineyard: 20 years old

 Wine General Features: Pure Verdeca with good acidity and complex hint of Mediterranean fruits

 Production: 80hl/ha

 Wine-refining: refining in steel

 Wine-serving temperature: 8°-10°

 Total acidity:  5,60g/lt tartaric acid

 Residual sugar: 5g/lt

 Soil type: middle deep red soil of good structure, sand bed on layers of calcareous rock (for Chardonnay) little deep, calcareous siliceous and skeletal soil (for Verdeca)

 Bouquet: rocky white flowers and scent of lemons and oranges

 Taste: savoury, dry and enveloping

 Wine-making notes: cryomaceration, thermo-controlled fermentation

 Food recommendations: wheat and barley frisella of Apulia with little tomatoes; octopus in marrow sauce with aromatic herbs; sea urchins with crostini; sushi and sashimi; white pizza with tomatoes and fresh basil