Spumante Brut

Lugana DOC
Spumante

Type of product
White Controlled Denomination of Origin sparkling wine.

Area of origin
The Lugana zone to the south of Lake Garda, at an altitude of 100 metres above sea level.

Exposure and soil
Flat land, with soil that is a mix of mainly clay with some limestone, rich in mineral salts.

Grape variety
100% Turbiana; the vines are 10/15 years old.

Grape yield
10,000-11,000 kilograms/hectare.

Harvest
The grapes are picked by hand in the first ten days of September and put into small crates.

Vinification
Without the skins; soft pressing of the grapes with extraction of a maximum of 60% of free-run juice. The first fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats.

Maturation
7-8 months in stainless steel tanks.
Prise de mousse: Second fermentation (by the Charmat Method) in pressurized 30 Hl stainless steel tanks, with the addition of selected yeasts.

Bottling
After around 6 months from the refermentation in pressurized tanks (autoclaves). It is released onto the market after another 6 months in bottle.

Alcohol
12.5% vol.

Total acidity
6.5 g/l

Dry extract
20.5 g/l

Characteristics
It has a particularly refined bouquet, with floral notes and hints of vanilla. It is a dry sparkling wine, whose body and structure combine considerable robustness with extraordinary delicacy. Due to its fine, elegant effervescence it makes an ideal accompaniment for a very wide variety of foods.

Serving temperature
4°-6°C