Franciacorta Satèn Millesimato 1998

Ca' del Bosco (Italy)

Chardonnay (70%), Pinot Bianco (30%)
Sparkling Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This sparkling wine shows a fine perlage, persistent bubbles and in good quantity, good foam. The color is a deep straw yellow and nuances of straw yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals great personality, with elegant, clean and complex aromas such as ripe banana, butter, bread crust, kiwi, yeast, litchi, apple, honey, hazelnut, pear, grapefruit and vanilla. In mouth denotes a crisp and dry attack, however balanced and with intense flavors, excellent correspondence to the nose. The finish is persistent with pleasing flavors of grapefruit, apple, pear and banana. This sparkling wine is produced with a base wine aged for 7 months in steel containers and 11 months in barrique. The wine stays for at least 40 months on the lees.
Alcohol: 12.5%
White meat, Pasta and risotto with vegetables and fish, Roasted fish, Fried fish, Crustaceans
Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Mature and Vintage Classic Method Sparkling Wines)
Issue 8, May 2003