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Mirabella
Franciacorta Dom Riserva DOCG
Franciacorta · Italy·Vintage 2017
Critics
Tasting note
The Mirabella Demeter Brut is an outstanding franciacorta with an intense with a sensation of honey, banana and yeast, fragrant vanilla. Low gassing and sugary syrup enhance its smoothness. Pleasantly sharp and good persistence.
The wine
- Grape
- Chardonnay 55%, Pinot Nero 30%, Pinot Bianco 15%
- Style
- Sparkling
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Teresio Schiavi (founder-oenologist); Alessandro Schiavi (cellar master)
- Vine age
- Average 41 years
- Yield
- Max. 60 quintals/ha
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested in small crates (first half of August) from the Mirabella vineyard, Paderno Franciacorta. Whole-bunch soft pressing (50% yield); fermentation at 16–18°C in concrete vats, 30% in barrique; vintage base wines only.
- Ageing
- Minimum 72 months on the lees. Dosage zero, residual sugar < 3 g/l.
- Soil
- Fluvio-glacial
The producer
Mirabella
Franciacorta, LombardyFounded 197945 ha of vineyardmirabellafranciacorta.it
Mirabella was founded in 1979 by oenologist Teresio Schiavi and friend Giacomo Cavalli inside an old spinning mill at Paderno Franciacorta, among the first houses to bet on the Franciacorta name. Today Teresio and his sons Alessandro and Alberto run 45 hectares of DOCG vineyard across Paderno, Passirano, Bornato and Provaglio d'Iseo, and are known for using Pinot Bianco (rare in Franciacorta) and for long lees ageing well beyond the DOCG minimums.