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Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Satèn 2020

White brut

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€156,00

6 bottles

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3 bottles

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Denomination Franciacorta DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 12.5% by volume
Area Lombardy (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Chardonnay
Aging 7 months, partly in steel and partly in barrique. 30-36 months on the lees. 3-4 months after disgorgement. Cold static stabilisation.
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Description

Contadi Castaldi creates from its Chardonnay the most authentic and elegant version of its Franciacorta wines, in which it is not strength or sugar that gives softness, but the raw material.The 2019 harvest brought a perfect raw material to the cellar for our Satèn, a plentiful grape with a very linear ripening, which allowed us to rediscover exceptional balances of depth and roundness that had not been found in previous vintages. A vintage that we managed carefully, especially in the aspects of alcohol content and the development of certain aromas, succeeding in preserving and guaranteeing those delicate and refined floral scents that will characterise the sensory profile of this cuvée.The 2019 Satèn is elegance that becomes wine, with its light refinement, the vanguard of Contadi Castaldi's philosophy and its interpretation of the territory. (Gian Luca Uccelli - Oenologist and General Manager of Contadi Castaldi)

Perlage

Perlage

Fine and persistent perlage.

Perfume

Perfume

The nose is fresh and elegant, with clean scents of hawthorn, bread crust, balsamic notes, nuances of rennet apple, dried figs and peanuts.

Color

Color

Straw yellow.

Taste

Taste

Soft in the mouth, but not sweet, it has a fresh and pleasant flavour. The finish is long and decisive, with a very pleasant taste.

Serve at:

06 - 08 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Charmat Method Sparkling Wines

Producer
Contadi Castaldi
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1987
  • Oenologist: Gian Luca Uccelli
  • Bottles produced: 1.000.000
  • Hectares: 180
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.
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Name Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Satèn 2020
Type White brut
Denomination Franciacorta DOCG
Vintage 2020
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 12.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Chardonnay
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Vendor Contadi Castaldi
Story Our wine labels, with their black background and fluorescent lettering, are the emblem of Contadi Castaldi. A winery that has chosen to narrate itself with contemporary language, where innovation is not just research and study, but a deliberately convivial and dynamic "state of mind". The name of each wine has an accent and each accent has a colour. Orange, which has characterised Satèn for several years with the intention of conveying topicality to the brand, now becomes a foil. It is enriched with a precious material, a useful element to decree the value of this wine, a leading vintage in Franciacorta.
Origin Fornace Biasca, Adro (Brescia)
Cultivation system Guyot, Casarsa system and Spurred cordon.
Plants per hectare 3,000-5,000
Yield per hectare 100 q.
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 steel and partly in barrique. 30-36 months on the lees. 3-4 months after disgorgement. Cold static stabilisation.
Allergens Contains sulphites