BRUT RISERVA

1998
BLEND OF GRAPES

80% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Blanc, guyots with 4,500 - 5,000 stumps per hectare. From a selection of grapes in the fields, and a selection of musts in cellar. Maximum yield 10,000 kg of grapes per hectare, amounting to approx. 4,500 litres of wine.

COLOUR

Bright straw yellow with hints of gold.

ALCOHOL CONTENT

12,5%

AGING

Primary fermentation in a thermoregulated steel tank, bottling taking place in the summer following the harvest, natural secondary fermentation on the lees, disgorging without added liqueur.

AROMAS

Suggestions of mango and pineapple, hazelnut, vanilla, lesser calamint; buttery.

TASTE

Dry, supple and harmonious, full-bodied, with a long-lingering aftertaste.

SUGGESTED PAIRINGS

Marinated salmon. Oysters and and shellfish in general. Cacciucco with scorpionfish. Grilled eels and sardines. Leghorn-style red mullet with tomatoes.