Marchese Antinori Cuvée Royale Franciacorta DOCG - Tenuta Montenisa

The Tenuta Montenisa Marchese Antinori Cuvée Royal Franciacorta is a first-class sparkling wine. It reveals a wonderfully brilliant, golden yellow color. The bubbles of this sparkling wine are very fine and extremely persistent in the glass. If you give it a little air by swirling it, this sparkling wine is characterized by a fascinating lightness that makes it dance vividly in the glass. The bouquet of this sparkling wine from Lombardy seduces with nuances of Nashi pear, honeysuckle, jasmine and nectarine. If we explore the aromas further, we find cream toffee, yeast plait and brioche.

This dry spumante from Tenuta Montenisa is just the thing for wine lovers who like their wine dry. On the palate, this light-footed spumante is characterized by an incredibly melting, crisp and light texture. On the finish, this sparkling wine from the Lombardy wine-growing region impresses with its considerable length. There are again hints of jasmine and vineyard peach.

Vinification of the Marchese Antinori Cuvée Royal Franciacorta from Tenuta Montenisa

The basis for the elegant Marchese Antinori Cuvée Royal Franciacorta from Lombardy are grapes from the Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir grape varieties. Naturally, the Marchese Antinori Cuvée Royal Franciacorta is also influenced by the climate and the Franciacorta DOCG winegrowing style. This Italian can be described as an Old World wine in the best sense of the word, which presents itself in an exceptionally impressive way. The ripening of the grapes for this wine made from Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir is influenced to a considerable extent by the climate of the growing region. In Lombardy, the grapes thrive in a rather cool climate, which is reflected in particularly long and even grapes and a rather moderate must weight. When they are perfectly ripe, the grapes for the Marchese Antinori Cuvée Royal Franciacorta are harvested exclusively by hand without the help of coarse and less selective machines. After the harvest, the grapes are quickly taken to the press house. Here they are selected and gently pressed. The base wines are then fermented. Once the final spumante has been blended, the wine is aged using the classic bottle fermentation method. This is followed by bottle ageing for 36 months.

Recommendation for the Marchese Antinori Cuvée Royal Franciacorta from Tenuta Montenisa

This spumante from Italy is best enjoyed well-chilled at 8 - 10°C as an accompaniment to vegetable salad with beetroot, spaghetti with yoghurt and mint pesto or wok vegetables with fish.

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