Gaudensius Blanc de Blancs Firriato
Brut Classic Method - Gaudensius Blanc de Blancs
Gaudensius Blanc de Blancs by Firriato is a Brut Metodo Classico with a perfect and unmistakable style. Obtained from Carricante grapes, a native vine of Etna, it is an elegant and aromatic, fresh and mineral sparkling wine, with a fine perlage. Toast with these extraordinary bubbles, perfect for any occasion!
CLASSIFICATION: IGT Terre Siciliane Bianco Spumante
GRAPE VARIETY: Carricante
VINEYARD LOCATION: Zucconerò, Zottorinotto, Imbischi
EXPOSURE: North (650 m a.s.l.)
TYPE OF SOIL: Volcanic, sandy with high drainage capacity (Cavanera Etnea estate)
TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot, permanent cordon
PLANTS PER HECTARE: 4.000
YIELD (KG. PER HECTARE): 60 kg
HARVEST PERIOD: 2nd ten days of October
VINIFICATION: Soft pressing of whole grapes and fermentation at controlled temperature, second fermentation in bottle
PRODUCTION METHOD: Classic method
SECOND FERMENTATION TEMPERATURE: 16°C
AGEING: In bottle, in contact with the yeasts for over 36 months
DOSAGE: Brut
ALCOHOL: 12.60% vol.
PH: 3.16 (average)
TOTAL ACIDITY: 6.75 g/l (average)
SUGARS: 6 g/l (average)
1ST YEAR PRODUCTION: 2014
COLOR: Straw yellow color tending to golden.
NOSE: Fresh and elegant, complex bouquet of white fruits, acacia flower, hazelnut and honey fragrances exalted by mineral notes
PALATE: Delicate, elegantly concentred, expressing great fineness, characterised by great aromatic persistence on the palate
PERLAGE: Fine and concentrated.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 8°C
GLASS: For important Spumante wines
Produced by Firriato Simple Agricultural Company - Paceco - ITALY
- Alcohol level
- 12
- Cellars
- Firriato
- Grapes
- Carricante
- Region
- Sicily
- Appellation
- Terre Siciliane IGT
