SULIF

PASSITO SEBINO I.G.T.

The complex, harmonious bouquet is mirrored by a palate redolent of honey and dried apricots, whose velvety texture is complemented by a long-lingering progression and finish.

Profile

The most perfect and ripest Chardonnay grapes are selected during the harvest, in September, and put to dry on mats until the first ten days of November, when they are pressed and then fermented in barriques. Here the Passito wine remains to mature for at least 18 months before being bottled. Its complex, harmonious bouquet is fully matched by a palate boasting honey and dried apricots, and its velvety smoothness and almost endless fi nish make it the ideal choice for pâté, terrines, soft cheeses, and dry pastries and biscuits.

Vineyards and grapes

In the heart of our estate vineyards, facing east-southeast. Slightly rolling in the morainic area, with loose, medium-textured soils, and medium calcareous content.

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Technical features

Vinification
In the first ten days of November, when the grapes reached the desired degree of dryness, they were cleaned and then pressed. The must was gravity settled for 18 hours at 15°C, then inoculated with cultured yeasts and transferred to barrels for the initial fermentation and the following ageing.

Maturation ageing
The wine rested 18 months on the fine lees in barriques, then was clarified and bottled. It was aged a further four months before release.

Alcohol
15% vol

Component grape varieties
Chardonnay

Soil profile
Glacial-origin, with chalky soils of average fertility, with abundant gravel-pebble mixture.

Vineyard names
Dosso Sud

Trainig system
Guyot

Yield per hectare
60 quintals of grapes/hectare = 20 hectolitres/hectare.

Harvest
The clusters were carefully picked by hand, selected, and placed in drying (appassimento) boxes in the first half of September

Year first produced
o per1997 (with the name Sulif starting with the 2007 vintage)

Formats
0,375l (2.500)

Vintages

2019
2015
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007

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