Franciacorta Zèro Dosaggio Zero 2020

Description

Bianco pas dosé Franciacorta DOCG, 12.5% ABV, 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir, 2020 vintage, produced by Contadi Castaldi. A Franciacorta Zero Dosaggio that expresses the personality of the terroir, with a selection of Pinot Noir grapes from moraine soil. The perlage is fine and dense. It opens with notes of peach, pineapple, candied citron, ginger, gunpowder, and breadcrumbs. On the palate, it displays dazzling freshness and structure, while retaining a certain lightheartedness. The finish, featuring citrus and mineral notes, lingers without hesitation. Excellent with appetizers, fish, and cheeses.

Details

Perlage

Fine and persistent.

Perfume

It opens up notes of peach, pineapple, candied citron, ginger, pyric powder and breadcrumbs.

Color

Straw yellow.

Taste

Fresh and structured with a lively note. Persistent, with citrusy and mineral notes.

Serve at:

06 - 08 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Producer

Producer

Contadi Castaldi

From this winery

• Start up year: 1987
• Oenologist: Gian Luca Uccelli
• Bottles produced: 1.600.000
• Hectares: 174

In an attractive industrial building in Franciacorta, where they made bricks from the earth, Contadi Castaldi perfected the concept of Satèn, by bringing two French canons, blanc de blanc and crémant together in one wine. The choice of only white grapes, Chardonnay and Pinot bianco, results in less pressure in the bottles, so that the froth is lighter and more abundant.

Satèn means silkiness, a sensation that transferred from touch to the palate and can be rendered with creaminess even though this doesn’t convey the freshness of Satèn Contadi Castaldi. How can we describe it? Maybe by taking a step back and staying with the expression "like silk". Anything that is able to evoke the full-bodied lightness, the depth of thought, the princely humour that is as delicate as it is politely fickle, a graceful smile or a gesture that sows questions.

So, we're almost there. If we squeeze into a single image the impression of freshness, softness, immediacy, charging it with the absolute yellow of gold, we cannot but define what is young, who or who feels young. Satèn evokes that malice still lacking in contrasts, a free richness, the ease of wanting with joy. Read more

Lombardy

Technical Sheet

Name	Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Zero Dosaggio Zero 2020
Type	White pas dosé
Denomination	Franciacorta DOCG
Vintage	2020
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	12.5% by volume
Grape varieties	50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Nero
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Vendor	Contadi Castaldi
Origin	Fornace Biasca - Adro (Brescia).
Cultivation system	Guyot and Casarsa system.
Plants per hectare	3,000-5,000.
Yield per hectare	9,500 kg/hectare.
Harvest	Late August, early September.
Fermentation	20 days.
Wine making	Soft pressing. Cold settling. Inoculation with selected yeast. Fermentation of 20 days in stainless steel. Partial malolactic fermentation.
Aging	7 months, partly in stainless steel and partly in barrique. 36-40 months on lees. Cold static stabilisation.
Allergens	Contains sulphites