Ca’ del Bosco Cuvee Annamaria Clementi, Franciacorta 2016

Vineyard Notes

14 Chardonnay vineyards planted an average of 37 years ago located in the municipalities of Erbusco, Adro, Corte Franca, Iseo and Passirano. 2 Pinot Blanc vineyards planted an average of 29 years ago located in the municipality of Passirano. 6 Pinot Noir vineyards planted an average of 31 years ago located in the municipalities of Erbusco, Iseo and Passirano.

Winemaking

Annamaria Clementi is the product of an unremitting quest for excellence in the vineyards as well as in the cellar. In line with the Ca’ del Bosco Method, the grapes are hand-picked and placed in small crates on which a code is immediately stamped, just before they are cold-stored. Each bunch is selected by expert eyes and hands, and then goes through our exclusive “berry spa, ” a special whirlpool-like wash for grape bunches, consisting of three soaking tanks, followed by thorough drying. The base wines are obtained exclusively from free-run juice. Alcoholic fermentation takes place only in small oak casks, made of selected wood seasoned for a minimum of 3 years. There, the wine remains on its own lees for six more months, during which malolactic fermentation takes place. No compromises, no concessions are acceptable: only wine from the best barrels of the 22 base wines is drawn off to go into Annamaria Clementi.

Ageing

Maturation sur lies For an average of 8 years.