NAME
Curtefranca Bianco D.O.C.

GRAPE VARIETIES
100% Chardonnay.

VINEYARDS OF ORIGIN
5 Chardonnay vineyards, with an average age of 33, located in the Municipalities of Erbusco and Corte Franca.

HARVEST
2017. Vintage with a low yield but redeemed by the excellent quality.
Mild and dry winter followed by a spring with temperatures above the norm. In the night between 18 and 19 April there was a sharp drop in temperatures with minimums down to -4.5 degrees and with the formation of frost. Notable damage on 2/3 of the vineyard area of ??Ca 'del Bosco and the whole of Franciacorta. Flowering in mid-May, with favorable weather conditions, but very low fertility due to the frost. Early summer characterized by two hailstorms, respectively on 6 and 25 June, followed by heat peaks up to 39 degrees. Final result: low yield but extraordinary quality of the bunches that have reached maturity. The harvest began on August 19th and ended in the third ten days of August, collecting beautiful, healthy and perfectly ripe grapes throughout the period. Average yield per hectare of 6,000 kilograms of grapes, equivalent to 3,420 liters of wine (wine yield: 57%).

THE VINIFICATION
Ca' del Bosco's Chardonnay embodies the vocation of a territory in enhancing the characteristics of a grape variety and man's ability to extract them and transform them into a great wine. It is the result of a careful selection of the grapes and a skilful vinification carried out in full compliance with the Ca' del Bosco method. The grapes from 5 "elected" vineyards, freshly harvested by hand in small boxes, are classified and cooled. Each bunch is selected by expert eyes and hands, to then benefit from the exclusive "terme degli acini". A particular system of washing and hydromassage of the bunches, through three soaking tanks and a drying tunnel. After pressing in the absence of oxygen, only the best must from the first fraction is transferred for alcoholic fermentation into small oak barrels, obtained from selected woods and seasoned for at least 3 years.



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