Monte Rossa - Cabochon Stellato - Brut 2012 - Astucciato - Franciacorta - 75cl

                

Cabochon STELLATO Brut 2012 has a yellow color with green reflections, fine and persistent perlage. An extremely generous wine with very elegant aromas that are expressed in a beautiful sequence: honey, linden, bergamot, spices - especially cinnamon, yellow fruit, mango and apricot with hints of coffee.

In the mouth it presents a wine of great elegance with beautiful freshness balanced by hints of evolution, a wine of great longevity.

Yellow color with green reflections, fine and persistent perlage.

Extremely generous wine with very elegant aromas that are expressed in a beautiful sequence: honey, linden, bergamot, spices, especially cinnamon, yellow fruit, mango and apricot; hint of notes of coffee.

In the mouth it is a wine of great elegance with a beautiful freshness balanced by hints of evolution. Wine of great longevity.

PRODUCTION AREA: Franciacorta Docg, morainic hills of the municipalities of Bornato, Brescia

MICROCLIMATE: the hill of Monte Rossa is part of the crown of hills south of Lake Iseo which delimit the beginning of the subalpine area and separate the lake from the Po valley. The vineyards are therefore located in the area of the pass of the air currents that develop due to the thermal exchanges between the plain and Lake Iseo

CRU: Pratone, Barek, Brolo, Palo, Nespoli

SOIL STRUCTURE: glacial moraine

VINES USED: 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir

CUVEE: 100% wines obtained from crus

TRAINING SYSTEM: Spurred cordon at 70 cm from the ground, Guyot

PLANTING SIXTH: 2 x 1 m

PLANT DENSITY: 5,000 plants/ha

AVERAGE AGE OF THE VINES: 16 years

AVERAGE GRAPE YIELD PER HECTARE: max 85 quintals per hectare

SELECTION OF THE GRAPES: in the vineyard with manual harvesting in crates

VINIFICATION: pressing of the soft grapes with selection of the best part of the grapes for no more than 48% of the yield. Each cru is vinified alone

FERMENTATION: in 250 liter oak barrels between September and February

AGING IN THE BOTTLE: 9 years

            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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