Franciacorta Vintage Collection Saten Ca del Bosco

Franciacorta Saten Vintage Collection Ca del Bosco is a Saten" wine that means silky. This is precisely the significance of this type of Franciacorta wine and that is the least developed pressure in the bottle after the second fermentation that led him to be more soft and silky than a Brut or than an Extra Brut. Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc used to produce Franciacorta Saten Vintage Collection Ca del Bosco come from vineyards located in the best areas of Franciacorta. The grapes gets ripe around mid-August, they are manually harvested and taken to the cellar for storage, according to the "Ca del Bosco method" the grapes must be cooled to 7 ° C before processing so as not to lose aromatics compounds that may be damaged by heat. Once cold, the grapes are washed and dried before being softly pressed, the must is clarified and inoculated with selected yeasts, fermented in small French oak barrels where it remains for 8 months after the harvest before proceeding with blending. During the bottling wine is added to sugar and yeasts that allow the second fermentation and the development of bubbles inside the bottle. Only after 48 months after bottling Franciacorta Vintage Collection Ca del Bosco Saten is disgorged and put on the market.