Description

The 2016 grapes preserved their acidity well until the harvest, giving us wines capable of acquiring body from aging on the yeasts without losing freshness and drinkability.

Fruit, citrus and flavor bring to the tasting everything that explodes on the nose in those evolving and spicy notes that can only be achieved in the best years and only after 66 months of aging on the yeasts

Vintage: 2016

Grape varieties: Chardonnay 83%, Pinot Noir 17%

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 in stainless steel at 16°C (90%) and in small oak barrels (10% – only Chardonnay). Malolactic fermentation not carried out. Subsequent refinement on fine lees for at least 6 months. 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: 66 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: A wine that is almost self-sufficient and therefore suitable for any pairing. More delicate dishes if we want it to be the absolute protagonist, more decisive dishes if we want it to accompany us throughout the meal.