Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero "Gualberto" Vintage
Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero "Gualberto" Vintage
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Winemaker's notes
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Product details
About the wine and its characterCountry:
Italy
Region/Subregion:
Lombardia/Franciacorta
Classification:
DOCG
Certification:
-
Grape:
Chardonnay (30%)
Pinot Nero (70%)
Vintage year:
2014
Color:
bright yellow color with an abundant, fine, and persistent bead.
Aroma:
fresh and sweet of fruit, peach, orange, melon, combined with a fine mineral character, and also almonds, nuts, and a scent of bread.
Taste:
Very fresh in the mouth, full attack, with a good creaminess. The fine acidity is supported by a structure that is up to the job. Excellent persistence.
Alcohol content:
12.5%
Sugar content:
0 g/l
Acidity:
-
pH-value:
-
Sweetness:
Dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Natural cork
Bottle:
Glass
Best Served:
8 - 10 °C
Food pairing:
Aperitif, Asian, Buffet food, Charcuterie, Cheese - goat cheese, Cheese - mature and hard, Cheese - mild and soft, Fish - lean, Fish - fat, Lamb, Pasta / Pizza, Pork, Poultry, Shellfish - flavored, Shellfish - natural, Veal, Vegetables
Ageing potential:
0 - 15 years
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Asian
- Buffet food
- Charcuterie
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Cheese - mild and soft
- Fish - lean
- Fish - fat
- Lamb
- Pasta / Pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Shellfish - flavored
- Shellfish - natural
- Veal
- Vegetables
Vinification, winemaker's own words
Soils:
Gravel
Terroir:
Franciacorta is located in the Lombardy region, in the province of Brescia. Demarcated east by the last morainal rocky foothills of the Alps, west by the Oglio River, north by the shores of Lake Iseo, and south by the high Po Valley.
Harvest:
Picked by hand
Fermentation:
New oak (25%)
Steel (75%)
Storage:
New oak (25%) 7 months
Steel (75%) 7 months
Winemaker:
Annalisa Massetti, Andrea Rudelli, Riccardo e Filippo Ricci Curbastro
After the tirage process with the start of a slow second fermentation in bottles, according to the traditional Franciacorta method, the bottles are stacked for at least 96 months. After the disgorgement stage, with the addition of a liqueur de dosage without sugar, the Gualberto undergoes another fining period in the wine cellar for several months.
About Ricci Curbastro Azienda Agricola
Information provided directly by the winery.
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Agricultural tradition since the thirteenth century, the Ricci Curbastro family runs the Rontana estate in Brisighella, and the homonymous estate in Franciacorta. Of the 34 hectares of estate surface area, 32 are planted with vineyards according to the strict guidelines of modern viticulture and of the Consorzio Vini Franciacorta of which the estate is member since its foundation. In the secular park is located the underground wine-cellar, where the fermentation processes and the slow aging of Franciacorta take place. Inside the farmhouses of the estate is located the Wine Museum, a unique reality in Franciacorta that preserves thousands of objects that testify the work of the past.