Franciacorta Flashcards
Location
Lombradia, NOrth Italy
2900 ha, 17 communes
Climate
warm continental
breezes from Lake d’Iseo
North winds from Alps
Status
DOC 1967
DOCG 1995
-Franciacorta DOCG
Grapes
Chardonnay - 80% Pinor Nero, (noir) - 15% Pinot Bianco (blanc) - 5%
Styles
non-vintage
vintage -> millesimato
saten - blanc de blancs
rose - up to 25% pinot noir
Planting
2900ha
100-500m
-above 550m not allowed
4500 plants / ha
Soil
Sand sandstone gravel limestone --well draining
Training
older -> pergola
newer -> guyot, cordon
Yield
10 tonnes / ha
Harvest
hand only
min. alc 9.5%
Pressing amounts
65L / 100kg
Rose production
short extract of pinot nero
blending allowed
Millesimato
85% of base from vintage
First fermentation
tank, or cask
Reserve wines
Can be held for future
Sold as still wine
Second fermentation
in bottle
to 5-6 atm
saten 5 atm
Finishing, maturation
NV - 18 months in bottle, total age 25 months after harvest
rose , saten - 24 months bottle, 25 before release
millesimato - 30 months bottle, 37 before release
Riserva - 60 months bottle, 67 before release
Disgorge, bottle
by hand or machine
bottled in glass in the area
Styles / Dosage
NV, rose - bruto natural, extra brut, brut, extra dry, dry, demi-sec saten - extra brut only millesimato - bruto natural, extra brut, brut, extra dry reserva - bruto natural, extra brut
Market
110 producers, mostly estates 13 million bottles 80% consumed domestically export markets - USA, UK, Germany, Holland, Belgium
Top Companies
Guido Berlucchi
Bellavista (Gruppo Terra Moretti)
Ca Del Bosco
Contadi Castaldi (Gruppo Terra Moretti)
