BERLUCCHI VINTAGE
Vintage, or in Italian “millesimato”. A Franciacorta wine to accompany your entire meal, bringing out the flavour of starters, rice and pasta dishes, fine white meats, fish and even mature cheeses.
GRAPES
Chardonnay (80%) and Pinot Nero (20%), from the best Berlucchi estate vineyards, many planted at high density.
YIELD
9,500 kg of grapes per hectare with 40% must yield, equivalent to 5,060 bottles per hectare.
VINIFICATION
Gentle, gradual pressing of clusters and fractioning of must; alcoholic fermentation in steel tanks with maturation of the best lots in oak barrique, left to age for 6 months sur lie.
MATURATION
Assemblage of the cuvée in the spring following harvest, exclusively with wine from that vintage. Second fermentation in the bottles and maturation sur lie for a minimum of 30 months followed by an additional 3 months after disgorgement.
STYLE
Brut.
SIZES AVAILABLE
Standard bottle 750 ml, Magnum 1.5 l, Jeroboam 3 l.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: APPEARANCE
Abundant, soft mousse with fine, lingering bead.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: COLOUR
Straw-yellow with antique-gold highlights.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: BOUQUET
Intense, lingering and complex, with notes of ripe apricot and peach blending into impressions of Chantilly crème.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: PALATE
Elegant structure, with exceptional balance between its rounded, mature weight and crisp, tangy acidity.
PAIRINGS
Enjoy this wine with all courses of a meal, since it enhances the flavour of starters, first courses based on pasta and rice, lighter meats, fish and even aged cheeses.
SERVING TEMPERATURE
10-12°C.