ORGANOLEPTIC PROFILE
COLOUR: light straw-yellow.
PERLAGE: refined and persistent.
BOUQUET: green fruit and wild flowers.
FLAVOUR: fresh and pleasant.
RECOMMENDED: as an aperitif and it can be used for important lunches or dinners.
ALCOHOL: 11,5% vol.
BOTTLE: 0,75 lt.
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4.000
WINEMAKING PROGRESS
TYPE OF WINE: Vino Spumante di Qualità Bianco – metodo Charmat.
GRAPES: selected 100% Grechetto Gentile from the hills of Bologna.
PLACE OF PRODUCTION: Zola Predosa – Bologna.
PROCESS: manual vintage, lightly pressed and fermented at controlled temperature (15°C) in autoclave.
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: no.
AGEING PERIOD: long fermentation in pressure tanks, directly from the must, for 12 months on yeast lees. Further development in the bottle.
This sophisticated Spumante is dedicated to Francesco Raibolini, known as “Il Francia”. A Renaissance painter (1447-1517), he was born in the historic village of Zola Predosa and portrayed the beauty of the Bolognesi Hills in many of his paintings. The vine leaf on the label is taken from a decoration in his famous portrait of Isabella d’Este.
