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Arteliquida IGT Toscana Bianco | Montechiaro

Vintage

2022

 16.00

Arteliquida is an innovative white wine that blends Tuscan heritage with French Viognier to create a wine with a unique backbone, body and aromatic profile thanks to the additional use of Manzoni bianco, a rare cross between Riesling and Pinot bianco created through a series of trials by Luigi Manzoni in the 1920s in northern Italy. The label reinterprets the concept of a glass and a bottle, intertwining them in the very same shape (simultaneously an emptying bottle and a refilling glass) in an artistic invitation to discover the wine.

Producer: Fattoria di Monte Chiaro

GRAPES: 30% Trebbiano, 30% Malvasia bianca, 30% Viognier, 10% Manzoni Bianco

Region: Tuscany
Area: Siena
Altitude: 300m a.s.l.

Vineyards: Vigna Montechiarone, a 3h vineyard with south-west exposition planted in 2012 and Vigna Poggio ai Tordi, a 3ha vineyard from 2012 also on the Montechiaro estate
Soil: clay-limestone and sedimentary sand with marine fossils and shells
Harvest: manual harvest in small crates followed by immediate criomaceration

Fermentation: in stainless steel tanks
Ageing: 12 months in stainless steel tanks as well as French tonneaux
Refining:brief bottle refinement before market release

Alcohol: 13% vol.

Color: Straw yellow trimmed by golden reflexes
Nose: Complex and elegant, with floral bouquet, hints of apricots and pineapple, herbal notes of thyme and basil. The palate is fresh and balanced and the finish explodes in a chalky minerality.