Sparkling
Blan de Nuar
By Bricco Carlina, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Extra brut Metodo Classico spumante that spends 60 months on its yeasts in bottle.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with golden highlights. Nose of honey, white peaches and bread. Savoury in the mouth, with a fine, persistent perlage and a lingering finish.
Pairs well with
Aperitif or toast; starters, hot and cold appetisers of fish, vegetables and white meats.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Vino Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in crates between the middle and end of August
- Vinification
- Fermentation about 20 days in steel tanks at 14 to 16 C, including a few hours of cold pre-fermentation maceration in the press; no malolactic fermentation. Maturation in stainless steel on the fine lees with periodic batonnage. Second fermentation in bottle at 14 to 16 C, then 60 months on the yeasts in bottle with periodic remuage.