Sparkling
Brut
By Pico Maccario, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A Piemonte DOC Brut sparkling wine made with the Martinotti method, aged on its own lees in autoclave.
Tasting notes
A sparkling wine with an elegant, slow and persistent perlage forming a pleasant crown of bubbles. Straw yellow color. Clean, fruity bouquet on the nose. Fine, delicate and persistent on the palate.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC
- Soil
- Soft hills of Pleistocene, fluvial-period origin.
- Exposure
- North
- Harvest
- Harvested in the second week of September, at full ripeness with a perfect sugar/acidity balance.
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot
- Vinification
- Gentle crushing/destemming and soft pressing. Vinification in autoclave at a controlled temperature of 15-18 C, Martinotti method. Aged in autoclave on its own lees.
- Serving temperature
- 6-8 C
- Storage
- Ageing potential 3-4 years. Format: 0.75 l. Closure: technical cork. Chemical analysis: alcohol 12.00% vol, total acidity 5.09 g/l, volatile acidity 0.24 g/l, pH 3.37, sugars 1.00 g/l.
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