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Ca' del Bosco Cuvée Prestige Extra Brut Franciacorta

Lombardy D.O.C.G., Italy

Community Score: 4.6/5
Community Reviews: 19

Price: $46.95

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 12.5%

Drink: 2022-2025

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Ca' del Bosco

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

This blend of Pinot Nero, Chardonnay, and Pinot Bianco comes from a part of the Lombardy region that has a long-standing reputation for traditionally made sparkling wine. It is made in a state-of-the-art winery; the Ca'Del Bosc house takes cleanliness very seriously. This wine sees just over two years aging on its yeast lees before being disgorged.
The wine was harvested at optimal ripeness. This is different than other sparkling regions, like Champagne, which generally tend to harvest less ripe to preserve acidity. That makes this sparkling much more broad on the palate. The addition of light, crisp Pinot Bianco is meant to counter this.
The colour is a bright golden colour and the bubbled are only moderately aggressive.
The aromas are full of buttered pastry dough, candied nuts, peach cobbler, and a smattering of other stone fruit. It smell like ripe oxidative Chardonnay, for sure.
The flavours are big and fat, with a clean zing from the Pinot inclusions. Apricot, peach, autolytic doughy characteristics, and with a slightly mineral finish. The flavours are quite concentrated.
The centrepiece of the winery is a patented machine used for the careful processing of the grapes. Ca'Del Bosco is a solid producer to explore Franciacorta through. They have a wide selection of value cuvees, like this one, but they also create more prestigious wines rivaling Champagne in quality and price.

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