Franciacorta Secolo Novo Giovanni Biatta Nature reserve
Prestige and aristocracy.
Warmer, golden colour, with slightly lighter specks, creamy foam and very fine bubbles. Open, very generous aromas, pushing towards yellow, warm tones, both of fruit and flowers, orange blossom, candied citron, very ripe and sometimes dehydrated apricot; creamy, liqueur notes come out, sugar cane molasses, rennet apple, licorice paste and a hint of anise and tarte tatin.
Full, warm wine, with a sinewy character, the effervescence still pawing despite the long spent on the lees, then follows a rich saline acid component, which harmonizes a satisfying sip, which in the finish drags an impressive alternation of sensations and acknowledgments, such as blond tobacco, incense and limoncella grass.
Broad chalice; wine that should be treated like a great still white wine, starting from a cool temperature and then rising to 10°.
Vine varieties used: 100% Chardonnay.
Selection of the grapes: in the vineyard with manual harvesting in boxes of a maximum of 18 kg. Grapes that grow exclusively on calcareous rock soil.
Vinification in white, by gravity and without mechanical pressing. You get what is called "free run must", i.e. a must of superior quality even to the first fraction. After filtering the impurities of the must, the inoculation of selected yeasts for fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature. This is followed by racking and lowering of the temperature to around 10°C to avoid malolactic fermentation. Once the "draught syrup" has been added, it is bottled, capped with a crown cap and laid down in a stack for the second fermentation.
Bottle refinement: 72 months.
Format: 75 cl bottle.