The Spark Brut

Technical Sheet

GRAPE VARIETY
100% Chardonnay

SOIL
Medium clayey-limestone mixture. Altitude 250 meters above the sea level

VINEYARDS
6Ha. Vineyards of Massa di Vecchiazzano

VINES PER HECTARE
5500

YIELD PER HECTARE
80 Q

TRAINING SYSTEM
Single Guyot system. Manual harvest, in two different periods, selecting the finest grapes.

VINIFICATION
We do a soft pressing of the whole and not destemmed grape. The fermentation takes place in steel tanks with low sulphur content where the wine is kept until the following March. Only after 60 months of aging on the lees the wine will be ready. This process avoids oxidative shocks and further additions of sulphites.

10% of chardonnay leads all the vinification and aging in small French oak barrels in order to allow for enrichment and complexity in the final assembly.

TIRAGE
April 2014

AGING ON THE LEES
Average duration: 60 months

DOSAGE AT DISGORGING
April 2019. Intake of sugars equal to 5g/liter

FOOD PAIRING
This wine pairs well with scallops au gratin or with Catalana shrimps. You should also try it in combination with white truffle Tagliolini.

CONSERVATION
Cellar temperature between 15 and 16 degrees

ABLITY TO AGE
10 years

SERVICE
Serve at a temperature of 4/6 degrees