Barone Pizzini - Franciacorta Bagnadore Riserva made with 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir, aged for 69 months on the lees.
Barone Pizzini - Franciacorta Bagnadore Riserva made with 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir, aged for 69 months on the lees.
Barone Pizzini - Franciacorta Bagnadore Riserva made with 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir, aged for 69 months on the lees.
Barone Pizzini - Franciacorta Bagnadore Riserva made with 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir, aged for 69 months on the lees.

Barone Pizzini – Franciacorta Bagnadore Riserva – 2015

The most prestigious sparkling wine is Bagnadore, produced only in the exceptional vintages in a few thousand units only in the Riserva version, a true synthesis of sensations. A blend of 50% Chardonnay 50% Pinot Noir with grapes from a single parcel in the commune of Roccolo that has complex soils and plants over 20 years old. Selection of the grapes on site, spontaneous vinification using indigenous yeasts in wooden vats then the wine ages in ⅓ new lightly toasted barriques for 8 months, after drawing it rests on the lees for 69 months with periodic remuage. Superb in style and superlative in drinkability, buttery and citrusy hints, creamy on the palate, soft with good substance on the whole. Bubble for great occasions.

  • Producer: Barone Pizzini
  • Name: Franciacorta Bagnadore Riserva
  • Grape Variety: 50% Chardonnay – 50% Pinot Noir
  • Vintage: 2015
  • Alcohol Content: 12%
  • Bottle Size: 750 ml
  • Production:

Productive Notes: spontaneous vinification with indigenous yeasts in wooden vats. Aged in barriques for 8 months, after which the wine stays on the lees for 69 months.

Wine naturally contains solphites

62,00€

1 in stock

Description

One of the pillars of Italian sparkling wine is Franciacorta, a wine-growing area that has become famous for its bubbles in northern Lombardy between the province of Brescia and Lake Iseo. Since 1870 we find the Barone Pizzini winery in Provaglio d’Iseo, which from its earliest years has distinguished itself by its approach to vine cultivation and management of its estates in a manner totally meticulous for the time. Their fame begins precisely with Baron Pizzini Piomarta in the early 1900s, a cavalry officer during the years of the Great War (he will draw in a letter to a friend the sketch of a prancing horse that will inspire Enzo Ferrari for the symbol of his car), a skilled businessman gives the winery a modern entrepreneurial dimension and together with his son Giulio they will start wine production with the first vintage in 1971. They also become the first entity in the area to produce wines from organic viticulture in 2002, but the winery goes further, building a winery built with eco-friendly architecture and enhancing the territory by introducing native grape varieties such as Erbamat again. Since 2011, it has been decided to parcel out the grapes harvested from the 30 individual vineyards in the 60 hectares of property in order to best capture the characteristics of the various soils rich in sand and limestone that also reach an altitude of 350 meters where they grow mainly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, in the winery they use cutting-edge technologies along with a thoughtful use of wood in aging while the bubbles stay on the lees for at least 24 months. A winery steeped in history that has never lost its identity, a solid and varied production line establishing itself as one of the pioneers of the Franciacorta appellation.

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