CUVÉE IMPERIALE DEMI SEC
An ideal accompaniment for desserts, it expresses its full potential with sweet pastries, fruit or jam tarts, and fruit salads.
GRAPES
Chardonnay (90%) and Pinot Noir (10%), from the best vineyards in the 19 municipal areas of Franciacorta.
YIELD
9,500 kg of grapes per hectare with 60% must yield, equivalent to 7,600 bottles per hectare.
VINIFICATION
Gentle, gradual pressing of clusters with fractioning of the must; alcoholic fermentation in steel vats.
MATURATION
Assemblage of the cuvée in the spring following harvest, with the addition of 10% reserve wines from previous vintages. Second fermentation in the bottles and maturation sur lie for a minimum of 18 months followed by an additional 2 months after disgorgement.
STYLE
Demi Sec.
SIZES AVAILABLE
Standard bottle 750 ml.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: APPEARANCE
Soft generous mousse with fine, lingering bead.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: COLOUR
Straw-yellow with subtle greenish hues.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: BOUQUET
Full, appealing and refined, releasing delicious notes of petits fours, acacia and lime blossom.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: PALATE
Lightly sweet, well rounded and harmonious, complemented by a crisp acidity.
PAIRINGS
Ideal with desserts, biscuits, all kinds of cakes, fruit and jam pastries, fresh fruit cups.
SERVING TEMPERATURE
6-8°C.