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Albino Piona – Custoza Crea (Orange Wine) DOC
✨ A macerated white wine from selected grapes: structured, long-lived, and impactful.
Introduction
Custoza Crea is an Orange Wine produced from a careful selection of the estate’s best white grapes. The result is a structured and long-lived wine of remarkable depth and character.
Producer’s Advice
Excellent with grilled fish, white meats such as rabbit, and marbled red meats. Perfect with medium and long-aged cheeses. Highly recommended with Kobe beef dishes.
Vinification
After careful harvesting, the grapes are destemmed and crushed, followed by a short cold maceration of a few days in fermenters. Alcoholic fermentation then takes place at controlled temperature in the presence of the skins, which are gently worked and moistened daily. This skin contact allows a natural transfer of aromas, colour, and tannins, essential for subsequent aging. A portion of the Garganega matures for at least 6 months in amphorae, while the other varieties age in stainless steel on fine lees with bâtonnage. Bottle refinement for a further 6 months.
Organoleptic Characteristics
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Colour: Light orange-yellow with golden reflections
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Nose: Complex and intriguing, with notes of yellow peach, candied fruit, and chamomile
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Palate: Rich and dry, with a good alcohol backbone, an elegant tannic note, and persistent yellow fruit flavours
Grapes and Percentages
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Garganega 40%
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Trebbiano 30%
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Trebbianello (Tai) 15%
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Incrocio Manzoni 15%
Vineyards
All grapes come from the family’s historic vineyards, renowned for producing the estate’s most structured and long-lived wines.
Yield
40% Garganega, 30% Trebbiano, 15% Trebbianello, 15% Incrocio Manzoni.
Age of the Vines
25–30 years.
Soil
Morainic hills south of Lake Garda, 150–200 m above sea level.
Harvest Time
Early September – mid-October, at full ripeness.
