BERLUCCHI ’61 NATURE
Dedicated to the most attentive connoisseurs, it is a vintage with zero dosage that, when paired, enhances complex first courses and filled pastas, main courses of meats and poached fish, and aged cheeses as well.
GRAPES
Chardonnay (70%) and Pinot Noir (30%), grown in the estate vineyards of Arzelle, Rovere, San Carlo, and Ragnoli, all planted to a high density of 10,000 vines per hectare.
YIELD
6,000 kg of grapes/hectare, with 30% yield in must, equivalent to 2,400 bottles/hectare.
VINIFICATION
The clusters are given a gradual, gentle pressing, yielding multi-quality fractions of must. Fermentation is in stainless steel, then the finest lots of wine mature 6 months sur lie in oak barrels.
MATURATION
The cuvée is assembled, in the spring following the harvest, with base wines 100% of the same growing year. The wine re-ferments and matures sur lie in the bottle for a minimum of 5 years, followed by a further 6 months after disgorging.
STYLE
Zero dosage.
SIZES AVAILABLE
750ml standard bottle and 1.5 l. magnum.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: APPEARANCE
Generous, creamy mousse with a delicate, supple bead and a lingering crown of pin-point bubbles.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: COLOUR
Intense straw yellow, with impressive herita- ge-gold highlights.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: BOUQUET
Stylish and elegant, opening to ripe apricot and melon, which yield to fresh-baked petits fours and citrussy notes of candied citron.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: PALATE
Superbly balanced, with a magisterial structure, judicious acidity, dynamic progression, and long-linge- ring, savoury finish that all combine to create a wine with a stunning, complex personality.
PAIRINGS
Heightens the character of elaborate first courses and filled pastas, main courses of meats and poached fish, and aged cheeses as well.
SERVING TEMPERATURE
10-12 °C.