Description

This bottle is the destiny, in particularly suitable years, of our best lots of Chardonnay. Extremely varietal wine: Chardonnay respected in all its forms from harvest to disgorgement... zero added sugars to let the palate appreciate the natural combination of the floral scents of Chardonnay and the tertiary aromas of refermentation on the yeasts

Vintage: 2018

Grape varieties: Chardonnay 100%

Cultivation form: Guyot

Planting density: 5,500 vines per hectare

Production: 65 hectoliters/hectare

Terrain: Hilly and fluvio-glacial colluvi located in the eastern and north-eastern area of ​​Franciacorta, in the municipalities of Ome, Rodengo Saiano, Passirano and Paderno

Harvest: manual harvesting and selection of the bunches (as required by the production specifications of Franciacorta DOCG) in boxes of approximately 15 kg.

Harvest period: last ten days of August and first ten days of September

Vinification: soft pressing without maceration, fermentation entirely in stainless steel at 16°C and subsequent refinement on the fine lees for at least 6 months, malolactic fermentation not carried out. Each vineyard and each pressing are vinified separately, in order to best enhance the characteristics of the grapes, the soil and the vintage. Only after the first 6 months of refinement do we proceed to taste the base wines to determine whether, and in what percentages, they should be assembled to form the definitive sparkling wine base.

Bottle refinement: 40 months on the yeasts and at least another 6 after disgorgement Alcohol content: 12.5% ​​vol

Residual sugars: <1 grams/litre

Recommended serving temperature: 7-8°C

Pairings: Wine that goes well with dishes that are not excessively structured: delicate first courses, perhaps fish and stewed meats that are not too spicy