In the cellar – Wines of Villa Franciacorta

Courage and Consistency: These are two words that come from the same syllable and emerge from speeches, but are emphasized by the gentle power in the wines Villa Franciacorta. The return of the “Vertical Villa” in the twenty-seventh issue allows you to relive family values. white and travel through the times of wines as well as history. What a peppy and different review, for the last one, with Il Virgil which Extra Blu – Extra Brut. The name evokes the sea, hidden from the eyes, but not from other senses, in this territory, in these bottles. In the vertical, however, two other key concepts cannot fail to break through: values ​​and love. These are the ones that light up the eyes Roberta Bianchiwhen he talks about his father Alexander and the legacy that the new generation continues on his behalf.

Because it is the pope who takes to heart Borgo Antico, the place and the people in the Monticelli Brusati area. Those who come from industry find their future in an enchanting meeting place with nature. He undertakes to eradicate the original sin called sharecropping and paves the way for the future of farmers. Because people are part of this nature and matter.

We caress the dry stone walls and the vegetation dotted with flowers, which gently climbs up, and then we return to the large room, where next to Roberta

Have husband Paul Pizziol at the tasting table, then oenologists – from two different generations as proof of the desire to oppose each other, always – Angelo Divittini AND Alessandro Gobbetti, finally, sommelier Nicholas Bonera who will guide you. The map he offers is fascinating because it allows us to match the characters of the wines over the years. In each of us there is a story that we all know, but also a story told in a whisper, light or heartbreaking: like wine.

But what does this tell us in the first place? extra blue? Villa Franciacorta in 2006 this new oenological project starts for a new bubble that wants to go along with Emotionhistorical vintage brut: it carries its freshness but also wants to associate itself with complexity diamond Pass dose millesimato, thanks to partial aging in barriques and long aging on the lees. The philosophy is defined: it comes from the exclusive use of patented grapes, the production of only vintages, since 2016 the use of local yeasts for the production of base wines, organic certification and ISO 14001 certification of ecological processes and products. It makes compromises. But then each page has its own symbols written in style. L’Extra blue he wants to be a meeting place with his individuality. Ninety % Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir, comes from the hill with vines aged 30 to 45 years. This is where controlled pickling, green manuring and fertilization take place at a variable rate: the contrasting of the parasites takes place biologically. This wine completes the fermentation and is partly aged in small French barrels for 6 months before bottling, and after the second fermentation it matures on the lees for another 4 years, explains.

In the vertical, it is represented by ten thousand, ten stories that combine the dialogue of the vineyard and cellar, climate and soil in different ways. Courage is revealed in the ability to wait, to think about quality even at the cost of quantity, to feel the breath of nature and rely on it with all the risks that follow from this. But the most terrible danger lies in betraying oneself: here, too, coherence is affirmed.

This trait unites ten Extra bluethen everyone takes their own steps. We start from 2018, we get to the year 2000, the starting point of the new millennium, with its hopes, its fears. The 2013 harvest speaks to us extremely convincingly, characterized by cooler temperatures and a harvest that started a little later on September 2nd. Degorging in February 2018. This highlighted an important harmony, especially in the field of perfumery. Going back, 2010 draws attention: there is also more rainfall, even during the ripening period, and acidity that stands out compared to the average. Then we put 2008 on the podium, which at first seems almost harsh, focused on its essence, and then shows an exciting map of aromas. The beginning of the new millennium was a very different vintage, high temperatures, but also rain at the right time: it is also known for its acidity.

At the moment, it is all the more interesting to watch how 2018 and 2016 will develop, two vintages so close and different: the first, with an alluring freshness and fruity notes, invites you to explore it in a few years; the second offers many remarkable aromas and flavors.

Then you sign in to read Villa Franciacorta from a different point of view: meetings with Halfstar family restaurant Mantegazza with the chefs Luca Bellanca. Next to him Andrea Marenzi (permanent chef Mr. this is the osteria in the villa).

A journey that combines the charm of food and glass: Gragnano spaghetti, smoked butter, osetra caviar (vegetarian version), sea sprouts and Franciacorta are the protagonists. But what a last caress of the meeting between rhubarb and saffron. They take to the field Diamant Franciacorta Pas Dose 2018

, Unique Emotion Franciacorta Extra Brut 2017, Cuvette Franciacorta Brut 2018, Briolette Franciacorta Demi – Secunda. We talk about wines, but also about moments in life, about family, about decisions, about gratitude to dad. Alexander and to the good that he knew how to bring into his work and in so many ways that they remained hidden: because good is done just like that, secretly.

Behind this exciting meeting at the table lies deep respect and cooperation with the family. Mantegazza and with the cook, as he recalled Roberta Bianchi. “It was a great honor for me, a great joy to be back here,” he commented. Luca Bellanca – It is not obvious to go out of the house and get super support, as happened with Andrea Marenzi“.

A matter of common values, the desire to express and respect one’s territory without fear of going even further to rediscover oneself.