Col de Salici Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore DOGC Brut 2018 (Italy)

Description

A refined and elegant Prosecco, straw-yellow coloured in the glass with a creamy mouthfeel and refreshing fruit flavour. On the palate it is fresh and crisp, showing a citric finish with green apple and hints of white peach inviting you to a second glass.

Pressing takes place immediately after the grapes are harvested by hand and gathered from the various vineyards and moved to the winery. The pressing is accomplished by highly sophisticated equipment which presses the grapes very gently so that only the free-run juice from the heart of the berry is extracted. After the pressing, the turbid must (juice) is left to rest in stainless steel tanks chilled to a temperature of 5-10°C. After approximately 10-12hrs, the limpid part of the must has separated from the deposits and fermentation begins. The 10% of the grapes selected for Col de’ Salici brut comes from a top selected vineyards in the Valdobbiadene area. We keep them at 6 °C for 12 hours (criomaceration) before pressing (separately from the rest).

Vinification takes about 15-20days and is completed in stainless steel vats kept at a constant temperature of 18-20° C (65-68° F). Grapes coming from a single vineyard are usually vinified together and the wine is kept separate in different lots. After a careful tasting of the various lots of base wine, the different vattings are assembled in precise proportions (blend), so as to achieve a perfect balance of all then components.