• Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Zero Dosaggio Zero 2019
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Contadi Castaldi Lombardy Franciacorta

Contadi Castaldi

Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Zero Dosaggio Zero 2019

White pas dosé

  • Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Zero Dosaggio Zero 2019
  • Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Zero Dosaggio Zero 2019
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Contadi Castaldi Lombardy Franciacorta
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Denomination Franciacorta DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 12.5% by volume
Area Lombardy (Italy)
Grape varieties 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Nero
Aging 7 months, partly in stainless steel and partly in barrique. 36-40 months on lees. Cold static stabilisation.
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Description

A Franciacorta of great personality, composed of a selection of Pinot Nero grapes from an extraordinary morainic soil that imparts its saltiness to the grapes.

Awards

  • 2019

    91

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

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Details

Perlage

Perlage

Fine and persistent.

Profumo

Perfume

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

Colore

Color

Straw yellow.

Gusto

Taste

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

Serve at:

06 - 08 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Charmat Method Sparkling Wines

Pairings

Starters
Fish
Shellfish
Cheese

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
Production area: Lombardy
Lombardy
Contadi Castaldi

Name Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Zero Dosaggio Zero 2019
Type White pas dosé
Denomination Franciacorta DOCG
Vintage 2019
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.
Year production 26000 bottles
Allergens Contains sulphites