Franciacorta Brut

Lantieri de Paratico (Italy)

Chardonnay (90%), Pinot Bianco (10%)
Sparkling Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

The wine shows a brilliant golden yellow color and nuances of golden yellow, very transparent, fine and persistent perlage. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of bread crust, yeast and banana followed by aromas of pineapple, grapefruit, hawthorn, apple, pear, plum and honey. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, am effervescent and crisp attack, however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of grapefruit, plum and apple. This Franciacorta ages in bottle on its lees for 30 months.
Alcohol: 12.5%
Pasta and risotto with fish and crustaceans, Broiled crustaceans and fish
Suggested glass	10 °C (50 °F)
(Mature and Vintage Classic Method Sparkling Wines)
Issue 37, January 2006