FORMAT: 0.75L
GRAPE VARIETY: CHARDONNAY 85%, PINOT BIANCO 4%, PINOT NOIR 18%
VINTAGE: SA
PLACE: FRANCIACORTA - ITALY
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12%VOL
Animante with exceptional refinement on the lees for 70 months. Disgorging occurs without any dosage. Only 580 cases are produced . The soul of Barone Pizzini and the living nature of its vineyards enhanced by a long wait in the cellar . A cuvée whose bases come from particularly valuable vintages, suitable for making you wait to savor its essence.
Animante LA is an “organic wine” , the result of the choice towards processing methods, in the countryside and in the cellar, aimed at ensuring the maximum representation of the territory. In the vineyard, only substances of natural origin are used. Furthermore, Biodiversity is encouraged to allow the balance between every form of life, both vegetal and animal.
Animante in a special version characterized by a long refinement on the yeasts, which arises from the desire to enhance its characteristics over time.
Land
Generally of recent moraine origin mixed with fluvioglacial deposition with abundant gravelly skeleton permeable even at depth
Breeding system
Guyot
Breeding method
Biological
Type of harvest
Manual in cassettes
Number of vines per hectare
5,000 – 6,250
Yield per hectare
90 – 95 quintals
Winemaking
Soft pressing, fermentation in thermo-conditioned stainless steel tank
Refinement
8 months in stainless steel tanks
Minimum time in bottle
70 months on the lees