Franciacorta Millesimato Saten

Producer: Gralo

Region: Brescia (Lombardy) Erbusco

Variety: 100% Chardonnay.

Year: 2016/2020

Vinification: Gentle pressing followed by maceration in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation with native yeasts for 30 months.

Residual sugar: 0g/L

Colour:Straw yellow.

Smell: Rich aromas of almond, peach, vanilla, and buttery toast.

Taste : Similar rich full flavors, ends soft and long

Storage potential: until 2030(vintage 2020) until 2028 (vintage 2016)

Matching dishes: soft cheeses, white meat dishes (veal roast, possibly a roll filled with vegetables or herbs). Refined fish dishes, salmon carpaccio, langoustines, scallops.

Scores: 93/100

Comments Ian D’Agata : (2020)

Vivid straw yellow. Big ample rich aromas of almond, buttered toast, vanilla and peach. Then just as big and rich in the mouth and with similar flavours, this finishes gently mouthcoating and long. I’m usually not a big fan of Satèn bubblies that have only 1 g/L of r.s., finding then to be usually much too dry, but this is a real joy. Well done. 100% Chardonnay that spent sixty months on the lees. Drinking window: 2024-2030.

Comments Ian D’Agata: (2016)

Vivid pale golden-tinged yellow with a strong, abundant mousse of small bubbles. Orange zest, lemon custard and minerals on the nose, plus a suave floral quality that gains strength with air. A juicy Franciacorta Brut Satèn that boasts gently sweet apricot and melon flavors and slow-building leesy complexity. The very fresh, precise finish features a sweet note of candied orange and of violet. Very pretty Franciacorta. Drinking window: 2023-2028.

An absolute top choice for the big moments!