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A sparkler for every course?
Gourmets throughout the world consider enjoying a sparkling wine throughout the meal a refined pleasure, wonderful for sharing with one’s best friends. |
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Pairing your wine
Wine is the ideal complement to food, and, when enjoyed in moderation, one of life’s most appealing pleasures. We treasure its ability to heighten our happiest moments, the occasions we share with our dearest friends and family members. |
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The Franciacorta white wines
Four still white wines complement Berlucchi's sparkling wines:
Two Terre di Franciacorta DOC Curtefranca, the Bianco Imperiale, and our Gavi DOCG La Bollina.
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| Ideal as an aperitif, with all antipasti, but perfect as well with dishes featuring fish, rice, pasta, light meats, full-flavoured fish, and with fresh or medium-aged cheeses. |
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| Colour |
Straw yellow, with pale green highlights. |
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| Mousse |
A mousse of soft, creamy foam, with a long-lasting perlage of pin-point bubbles. |
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| Bouquet |
Rich and lingering, with nuances of fruit and blossoms over yeast and crusty bread. |
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| Palate |
Clean, full-bodied, with pronounced, appealing fruit and zesty acidity. |
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The proportion of varieties making up the cuvée may vary slightly each year. On average they are: 30% chardonnay from Franciacorta, 30% chardonnay from Trentino, 30% pinot noir from Oltrepò Pavese, and 10% pinot blanc from Alto Adige. White grapes will predominate. |
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| Cuvée assembled from carefully-selected grapes in DOC vineyards in exceptional growing areas of Franciacorta, of Trentino-Alto Adige (with a Berlucchi Press House in Lavis, near Trento), and of the Oltrepò Pavese (Berlucchi Press House in Casteggio, near Pavia). |
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• Split, or half-bottle, 375 ml.
• Standard bottle, 750 ml.
• Magnum, 1.5 liter
• Jeroboam, 3.0 l.
• Methuselah, 6.0 l.
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| Alcohol |
12,5% vol |
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| Residual sugar |
9 g/l |
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| Total acidity |
6 g/l |
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| Total dry extract |
20 g/l |
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| PH |
3,2 |
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| Pressure |
6
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