Contadi Castaldi - Zero 2018 - 75cl

                

1 BOTTLE X 75cl. 

A Franciacorta of great personality, composed of a selection of Pinot nero grapes from an extraordinary morainic soil that imparts its saltiness to the grapes.

It has a very clean flavour and a complex bouquet, with hints of grapefruit, blackcurrant, and walnut hull, and unusual touches of laurel and green tobacco. Well-structured and distinctive, it features a long and pleasantly persistent finish.

Grapes Chardonnay 50%, pinot nero 50%

Origin Mix of vocational units in the Franciacorta

Cultivation systems Guyot - Casarsa

Plant density 3000 - 5000 vines per hectare

Yield 95 quintals of grape per hectare

Wine yield 60% or 57 hl per hectare

Average age of vines 20 years

Harvest period Late august, early september

Vinification Soft pressing Cold settling Inoculation with selected yeast

Fermentation of 20 days in stainless steel Partial malolactic fermentation

First ageing 7 months, partly in steel and partly in barrique

Stabilisation Cold static Bottling (draft) May

Ageing on the lees From 36 to 40 months

Disgorgement From may

Ageing after disgorgement 6 months

            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

BRAND	CONTADI CASTALDI
SIZE	75cl
CATEGORY	FRANCIACORTA
NATIONALITY	ITALIA
VARIETY	CHARDONNAY AND PINOT NOIR
REGION	LOMBARDIA
APPELLATION	FRANCIACORTA DOCG
ALLERGENS	CONTAINS SULPHITES