Sparkling
Blanc de Blancs
By Giulio Accornero e Figli, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Blanc de Blancs is the estate's Metodo Classico sparkling wine, 100% Cortese, first produced in 2020 and aged a minimum of 36 months on the lees before disgorgement as extra brut; the 2020 vintage scored 91 points from James Suckling and was named a Top Hundred wine.
Tasting notes
Taut in body with good acidity and excellent sapidity, fine perlage, and a highly perfumed nose with fresh fruity notes.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Metodo Classico Extra Brut
- Grape
- Cortese 100%
- Production area
- Vignale Monferrato (AL)
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in September and October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot pruning in line with tradition, with bunches thinned in August
- Vinification
- Careful selection of grapes, pressed whole and fermented in stainless steel tanks for maximum aromatic complexity while preserving elegance, kept on the fine lees until tirage the following spring. Aged on the lees for a minimum of 36 months, disgorged as extra brut.
- Serving temperature
- 4°C
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