FRANCIACORTA ZERO MILLESIMATO - ANDREA ARICI

Denomination: Franciacorta DOCG

Vintage: 2015

Alcohol: 12.5%

Region: Lombardy (Italy)

Format: 0.75 l

Grapes: Chardonnay 80%, Pinot Noir 20%

Vineyard: Cudula cru. Terraced, 150 to 350 meters above sea level

Soil: limestone of pre-Alpine origin

Harvest period : first and second ten days of August

Training system: espalier 1.70m by 0.9m (6500 vines per hectare)

Average yield per hectare: 60-80 quintals/ha

Annual production: 1,000 bottles

Refinement: 6 months in steel on its noble lees before tirage, followed by at least 48 months of refinement in the bottle. Further refinement in the bottle after disgorging for at least 6 months

Residual sugar: from 0 to 3 g/l

Colour: bright golden yellow

Perfumes : dried fruit, laurel, chocolate, mountain hay and stone

Taste: in the mouth it is dry, decisive and precise, with a nice freshness and liveliness and a marked persistence on a savory and mineral vein