The production zone extends across the gentle hills of lower Monferrato, which define the territory where the Malvasia di Casorzo grape variety is cultivated.
Harvest generally takes place at the end of September within the production zone.
Human factors
The presence of Malvasia in Monferrato as an imported wine is traced back to the thirteenth century, and the first vines — also referred to as Greek grapes — most likely arrived from the Greek port of Monemvasia.
The wine is produced from at least 90% of the particular dark-berried, short-clustered variety Malvasia di Casorzo, with the possible addition of traditional Piedmontese varieties such as Freisa, Grignolino, and Barbera.
Product characteristics
On the nose, the wine displays fruity and floral descriptors perceived in particular as rose, peach, apricot, redcurrant, and raspberry, with aromas of notable finesse.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
About this boundary
Area: the official production zone published by the regional geoportal (Piemonte).
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