'La Fuga' Chardonnay Contessa Entellina DOC Donnafugata 2022

Chardonnay "La Fuga" is a white wine classified as Contessa Entellina DOC Chardonnay Sicilia. It is produced on the Contessa Entellina estate owned by the Donnafugata agricultural company. The name of the wine, "La fuga", recalls the moment in which Gabriella Anca Rallo, founder of Donnafugata together with her husband, left her job as a teacher, "fleeing" from her past to begin an adventure in the world of wine. It was she who invented this wine. Chardonnay "La Fuga" is produced using exclusively Chardonnay grapes, a vine of French origin which is part of the so-called "international" varieties, grown all over the world. The harvest takes place from August 10 and has the particularity of being carried out at night, in order to preserve the aromatic content of the grapes and to reduce energy consumption for their cooling. The fermentation takes place in stainless steel, then there is the refinement in the tank followed by the one in the bottle. The wine thus obtained is a structured wine, suitable for use throughout the meal, very versatile.