Marchiopolo – Franciacorta Brut D.O.C.G. – Avvenice

Data Sheet

Appellation: Franciacorta DOCG

Producer: Tenuta Ambrosini

Varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Nero

Degorgement: December 2011

Production area: wineyards on Franciacorta Hills

Surface: 8 hectares

Sun exposure and altimetry: 180-250 msl, with good exposure, north-to-south mild environment.

Composition of soil: diversified morainic soils, partly calcareous, clayey, alluvial, stony textured.

Training form: Guyot, counterspalier

Implementation density: 5.000 plants/ha

Yeld per hectare: 8-9 ton/ha

Harvest period: end of August

Winemaking techniques: cryomaceration, soft pressing, fermentation under thermal control. Second fermentation in the bottle.

Ageing: in stacked bottles.

Historical notes: this area was originally managed by Cistercian Monks and therefore not subject to taxes (‘‘franc’’). Its wine-making vocation arised in the sixties, and today is considered by far the most important sparkling wine area in Italy.

Organoleptic description: yellow-greenish colour, good intensity, persistent and fine pérlage. Fruity and grassy scents, together with a mellow backery fragrance. Rightly soft recalls the whole memory of its evolution. Continuous, balanced and persistent.

Responsible

Head of wine-growing: Sergio Ambrosini

Head of winemaking: Roberto Pepe & Lorenzo Ambrosini

Head of sales and distribution: Gian Luigi Marchiorello & Paolo Meregalli