Franciacorta Extra Brut EBB, Il Mosnel

FRANCIACORTA EXTRA BRUT EBB

D.O.C.G.

Alcohol

13 % vol

Component grape varieties and percentages

100 % Chardonnay

Year first produced

2003

Average annual production

8,740 bottles; 500 magnums; 70 Jeroboams

Vineyard location and exposure

In our vineyards in the commune of Passirano, at the foot of the Monterotondo and Fantecolo hill, facing east-southeast

Soil profile

Level and slightly undulating terrain in loose morainic soils of medium fertility, with medium-deep gravel-pebble mixture

Vineyard names

Dosso, Limbo, Larga, Mosnel, and Roccolo

Training system

Spurred cordon and guyot

Yield per hectare

80 quintals of grapes/hectare = 52 hectolitres/hectare

Harvest

Hand picking into small boxes, from 23 to 31 August 2010

Vinification

Only the free-run must (the first 50% of the juice) went into Franciacorta EBB. The primary fermentation was carried out in small 225-litre oak barrels, where the wine matured for five months, until the following spring. The cuvée was assembled and the wine was given the liqueur de tirage for refermentaton in the bottle and subsequent maturation

Maturation, ageing

The tiered-up bottles remained in our 17th-century cellars for a minimum of 36 months before riddling. The sediment was then removed and they were given the Extra Brut-style liqueur d’expedition, then corked and wired. This Franciacorta then rested in the bottle a further three months before release