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CURTEFRANCA ROSSO DOC

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Profile

Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon combine in a wine that is intense yet judiciously proportioned, appealing with fresh-picked, crunchy wild red berryfruit, dark cherry, ripe plum, wild blackberry, all enlivened with a vein of wild herbs that lend pungent complexity to a suite of velvety tannins.

Grapes and vineyards

Out estate vineyards facing east-southeast. Flat and slightly rolling in the morainic area, loose, medium-fertile soils, with medium-deep pebble admixture.

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Technical features

Vinification
The grapes were de-stemmed and pressed, and the must went into stainless steel fermenters for a controlled-temperature, fl oating-cap fermentation, followed by malolactic fermentation inoculated with cultured
yeasts and bacteria

Maturation ageing
Part of the wine matured in steel and part in 225-litre barriques for at least 12 months. After bottling, the wine spent another 3 months in the bottle before release.

Alcohol
13% vol.

Component grape varieties
Merlot – Cabernet Franc – Cabernet Sauvignon

Yield per hectare
90 quintals/hectare = 61 hectolitres/hectare.

Harvest
Hand picked into small boxes during last decade of September

Year first produced
1990

Formats
0,75l (15.000)

Vintages

2016
2015
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005

Franciacorta Wines Collection

Brut
Right from its entry, it conquers the palate and keeps it hostage, light-hearted yet firmly, progressing to a finale that is forthright and self-assured. Lush and eminently enjoyable.

Rosé
It lopes towards the finish, with a joy that is open-handed, extroverted, and radiant, formidably tenacious and appealing. Festive at every sip.

Pas Dosé
Held tight by an embracing stream, as a bird flight at sunset. The light beams forth, direct and unencumbered.

Nature
The debut of this new cuvée made solely from organically-grown grapes pays homage to the quintessence of the vineyard and to the utter harmony of nature’s components.

Satèn
Its brilliant gold hue and dense, creamy bead of pin-point bubbles are every bit as refined as its intense, clean-edged aromatics.

EBB
With maturity to spare, and a magisterial vigour, an experience that grants the excitement of a revelation.

Parosé
Quintessential maturity and elation, enfolded in a close-woven silken cocoon, a farewell embrace that is tight, clean, precise. Near-endless and riveting.

Riserva
A vibrant, clean-edged acidity provides impressive drive to the regal palate