# Extra Brut (Tenuta San Sebastiano)

> Sparkling, Vino Spumante Metodo Classico by [Tenuta San Sebastiano](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/tenuta-san-sebastiano.md), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/tenuta-san-sebastiano-extra-brut).

- **Producer:** Tenuta San Sebastiano
- **Style:** Sparkling
- **Denomination:** Vino Spumante Metodo Classico
- **Grape:** Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Meunier 40%, Pinot Nero 10%
- **Production area:** Lu Monferrato (AL), altitude 270 m
- **Soil:** Calcareous
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** Late August, early September
- **Vineyard planting:** 0.5 ha planted 2000, Guyot, 5,000 vines per hectare, 6,000 kg per hectare
- **Vinification:** Hand-picked in crates, grapes chilled and pressed whole-bunch with 12 hours of maceration, fermented at 20 C for 7 days, no malolactic. A few months in steel on the lees, then 50 months of refermentation in bottle by the Classic method; disgorged November 2020. 3,000 bottles.
- **Serving temperature:** 8 to 10 C, open at the moment
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-30



## Summary

Metodo Classico from Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, 50 months on the lees.

## Tasting notes

Fine, creamy perlage. Pale onion-skin pink with amber reflections. Broad bouquet enriched by tertiary aromas from long lees contact. Notes of pastry, dried rose, dried fruit and small red fruits; full and persistent.

## Food pairings

Aperitif, excellent throughout a meal.