Franciacorta Vintage Collection Dosage Zero Ca del Bosco

Franciacorta Vintage Collection Dosage Zero Ca del Bosco is a metodo classico" wine "Dosage Zero", it means that in the process of disgorgement is not added to the famous liqueur d'expedition, but the bottle is only refilled with same vintage wine. The vineyards from which the grapes come from are located in the best areas of Franciacorta in Cazzago San Martino, Adro and Erbusco. Usually the grapes get ripe around the second decade of August and are manually harvested and taken to the cellar for storage. In Ca del Bosco, the grapes are softly pressed once cooled only so as to maintain the more aromatic material as possible wich is present in the skins. When the grapes are at 7 ° C are washed according to "Ca del Bosco method" and then are softly pressed avoiding contact with oxygen and the musts are clarified. Cleared musts are inoculated with selected yeast and fermentation takes place in French oak barrels where the wine will stay for five months before blending for the production of Franciacorta Dosage Zero Vintage Collection Ca del Bosco. At the moment of bottling it is added to each bottle a bit of yeast and sugar that allow the development of bubbles inside each bottle and only after 48 months of rest on the lees disgorging is performed.