Sparkling
Cuvée Novecento
By Contratto, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A Pas Dosé Metodo Classico named after the Brut Riserva Novecento first made in 1986, about 20,000 bottles, with almost 100 months on the lees.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Vino Spumante Metodo Classico
- Grape
- Pinot Nero 70%, Chardonnay 30%
- Production area
- Loazzolo and Cassinasco (AT)
- Vinification
- Destemmed and gently pressed without pressing the berries, so only the free-run flower must is used. First fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks, then almost 9 months of ageing. Second fermentation in bottle, then almost 100 months on the lees. Riddled by hand.
- Serving temperature
- 6 to 8 °C
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