BERLUCCHI ’61 NATURE
Dedicated to the most attentive connoisseurs, it is a vintage with zero dosage that, when paired, enhances complex first courses and filled pastas, main courses of meats and poached fish, and aged cheeses as well.
GRAPES
Chardonnay (70%) and Pinot Noir (30%), grown in the estate Rovere, San Carlo, and Ragnoli vineyards, all planted at a high density of 10,000 vines per hectare.
YIELD
10,000 kg of grapes per hectare, with a 30% yield in must, equivalent to 4,000 bottles per hectare.
VINIFICATION
Gentle, gradual pressing of the clusters, with quality-fractioning of the musts, then fermentation in stainless steel, and maturation of the best vineyard parcels in oak barrels, where they mature 6 months sur lie.
MATURATION
Assemblage of the cuvée in the spring following harvest with 100% wines from 2018 vintage, followed by in-bottle fermentation, then a minimum of 5 years’ maturation sur lie, with further 6 months’ bottleageing after disgorgement.
STYLE
Zero dosage.
SIZES AVAILABLE
750ml standard bottle and 1.5 l. magnum.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: APPEARANCE
Generous, creamy mousse; delicate, supple bead; and long-lingering, pale crown of bubbles.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: COLOUR
Intense straw yellow shot through with antique gold.
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: BOUQUET
Fine and elegant, characterized by an opening on floral notes followed by mild citrus scents, and hints of candied fruit
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: PALATE
the wine is characterized by great balance; great structure, calibrated acidity and lingering savoriness at the end come together dynamically and give great personality.
PAIRINGS
It will heighten elaborate first courses and filled fresh pasta, poached fish, meat-based dishes, and most, even aged, cheeses.
SERVING TEMPERATURE
10-12 °C.