Prestige Cuvée Franciacorta

All you need to know about the Prestige Cuvée Franciacorta, or the Ca’del Bosco Cuvée Prestige

DESIGNATION
Franciacorta.

GRAPE VARIETIES
Chardonnay 79,5%, Pinot Bianco 1,5%, Pinot Nero 19%.

VINEYARDS OF PROVENANCE
175 plots planted with Chardonnay, average age: 27 years, in the Municipalities of Erbusco, Adro, Cazzago San Martino, Corte Franca, Iseo and Passirano.
8 plots planted with Pinot Bianco, average age: 30 years, in the Municipality of Passirano.
45 plots planted with Pinot Nero, average age: 20 years, in the Municipalities of Erbusco, Provaglio d’Iseo and Passirano.

VINIFICATION
The base wines that go into Prestige Cuvée Franciacorta are the fruit of accurate cluster selection and expert vinification, carried out in line with the Ca’ del Bosco Method. The grapes are hand-picked and placed in small crates, graded and chilled. Every bunch is selected by trained eyes and hands, just before they go through our exclusive “berry spa”, a special whirlpool-like wash for grape bunches, consisting of three soaking tanks, followed by thorough drying in a special tunnel. After pressing in an oxygen-free press, all the musts of the base wines ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, where they remain until the following month of March. The wines take seven months to settle, mature and express the very best characteristics of their vineyards of origin. The wines are then carefully assembled in the “magical ritual” that creates the cuvée. Only after aging on the
lees for at least 2 years will this Prestige Cuvée Franciacorta express all its richness and identity. Disgorgement is carried out in an oxygen-free environment, using a proprietary process designed and patented by Ca’ del Bosco. This procedure prevents oxidative shocks and makes it unnecessary to add sulfites, making our Franciacortas purer, more appealing and longer lived. Finally, every bottle is marked with a unique identifier to ensure its traceability.

ANALYSIS
Added sugar: 1.0 grams/liter – “Extra Brut”
Alcohol 12.8% by vol.; pH 3.11; Total Acidity 5.85 grams/litre;
Volatile Acidity 0.26 grams/litre
Sulphites: Total max. sulfur dioxide 51 milligrams/litre