Franciacorta is italian answer to Champagne, made with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Bianco<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. The grapes are soft crushed to obtain free-run juice for the production of Franciacorta base wines<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. The next stage is tirage, which involves adding a syrup of sugar and active yeasts to the wine in the bottle in order to encourage slow natural refermentation. The fermentation generate carbon dioxide, increasing pressure inside the bottle to 5-6 atm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Desgorgemant – On removal of metal stopper, pressure inside the bottle is so high that the remaining ice is violently expelled, with minimal loss of pressure or wine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Dosage – a syrup of Franciacorta base wine with sugar is added<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Non vintage Franciacorta: a minimum of 18 months fermentation in bottle before disgorgement<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A fruity sparkling like Franciacorta will pair perfectly with soft ripened cheeses (like brie), dried fruits (like apricot and cherry), and roasted salted nuts<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Franciacorta is italian answer to Champagne, made with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Bianco 1. The grapes are soft crushed to obtain free-run juice for the production of Franciacorta base wines 2. The next stage is tirage, which involves adding a syrup of sugar and active yeasts to the wine in the bottle in order […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n