Name
Franciacorta Reserve.
Grape varieties
The vines of the white grape variety planted at that time in Franciacorta were supplied
by nurserymen with the generic name of "Pinot" and this name was also reported on
bottle labels such as “Franciacorta Pinot”.
Later, at the end of the 80s, it was discovered that the vineyards planted with the "Pinot" variety
ampelographically they were actually composed, randomly, of around 35% Pinot
White and 65% Chardonnay.
We can therefore define that the blend of the “Cuvée Annamaria Clementi R.S. 1980”
then created with 40% Pinot Noir base wines and 60% white grape base wines
“Pinot” was in fact composed of 40% Pinot Noir, 21% Pinot Blanc and 39%
Chardonnay.
Origin vineyards
A selection of grapes from the 7 vineyards in the “Canelle” area, located in the surrounding area
of the “Ca' del Bosco” winery.
1980 harvest
Cool early spring, little rain and budding of the vines with a decidedly good climate
dry.
From May onwards, however, the weather conditions completely changed with rain
protagonist until the first ten days of July. It rained more than 200 mm in May
and June. The vines were strongly affected by this climate with consequent losses
of the load of bunches. The coolness and rain during flowering actually caused the
loss of part of the "floral buttons" and induced limited fruit setting, with millerandage
of the bunches.
From the second week of July the real summer showed itself with temperatures around
to 30° C and the rain never came again until September. Final climate that favored e
The quality of the grapes of this vintage is marked as excellent.
The harvest began in the first week of September with the “Pinot” grapes perfectly
healthy and ripe. For this Reserve the grapes were harvested on 11 and 12 September.