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wine / FRANCIACORTA & TRENTODOC BEST OF METODO CLASSICO 96 CA DEL BOSCO ANNAMARIA CLEMENTI RISERVA FRANCIACORTA DOCG 2011 DOSAGE ZÉRO Intense, brilliant straw yellow with fine mousse. Scents of sea salt, fresh pineapple, fresh apple, plus delicate wax and honey on the nose, reverberating with nougat and a hint of toast. On the palate radiant and with a precise core of fruit, very juicy and very salty, spreads out like a beautiful fan, long and elegant. ••••• 95 DERBUSCO CIVES DECEM ANNIS RISERVA FRANCI- ACORTA DOCG 2009 PAS DOSÉ Radiant light gold with fine mousse. Flint, graphite and smoky notes on the nose, candied citrus fruit, sea salt, vivid and inviting. This is polished on the palate with a pleasantly embedded mousse, shows a lot of tension and saltiness, has many layers and finishes long. •••• 94 94 BOSIO FRANCIACORTA DOCG 2016 BRUT NATURE Bright silver with greenish yellow hues. Intense and fine nuances of white flowers and light honey, sea salt, delicate graphite, candied lemon peel in the aftertaste. Very juicy and precise on the palate, spreads across the tongue with lots of juiciness, clarity and finesse. ••• 48 falstaff winter 2021 96 FERRARI TRENTO GIULIO FERRARI EXTRA BRUT RISERVA DEL FONDATORE TRENTODOC 2009 Nobly sparkling light gold colour with filigree, persistent mousse. Slight saltiness and iodine on the nose with hints of roasted almonds, light nougat, then wet stone, delicate dried fruit, very complex. Precise, clear and juicy on the palate, opens with enormous freshness, beautiful ripe fruit notes, salty, long, totally elegant. •••• BARONE PIZZINI EDIZIONE FRANCIACORTA SATÈN DOCG 2017 BRUT Brilliant light straw yellow, persistent mousse. Very intense nose, opens with pronounced mineral notes and hints of hazelnuts and apricot. Round and polished on the palate, shows very good tension, beautifully evolved and very expressive fruit, long finish. •• 95 94 MONTE ROSSA PISONI CABOCHON FUORISERIE N° 06 ERMINIA SEGALLA RISERVA FRANCIACORTA ROSÉ DOCG TRENTODOC 2013 EXTRA BRUT Rich shimmering pink with copper Luminous gold colour. Expressive reflections. Freshly baked brioche and complex nose of ripe stone fruit, and hazelnuts, candied lemon peel flint, sea salt, then again a hint of and ripe wild strawberries in the honey and rich peach, lemon zest. multi-layered nose. Hits the palate Golden and creamy on the palate, with tension, fans out aromatically spreads across the tongue with with rich texture and much expression, precise, tightly meshed with red elegance, at the same time light- tightly woven mousse, finesse and fruit on the finish, an almost endless footed, clear, juicy finish. aftertaste. •••• ••• Up to EUR / GBP 15 and USD 20 • EUR •••• •• EUR / GBP 15 – 30 and USD 20 – 35 / GBP 51 – 100 and USD 61 – 110 ••••• 94 VILLA FRANCIACORTA SELEZIONE FRANCIACORTA DOCG 2011 BRUT Rich, dark straw yellow colour with delicate mousse. Intense nose with notes of beautifully evolved fruit, apricot, some chamomile, coffee and brioche. Round and full-bodied on the palate, mature fruit and caffè latte in the finish. ••• 93 CAVIT ALTEMASI RISERVA GRAAL TRENTODOC 2014 Rich gold colour. At first slightly smoky on the nose, then with air lemon zest, sea salt, iodine and peach, some honey and wax. On the palate polished and with a clear course, cool fruit with well-integrated perlage, seems bone dry, slightly salty finish, nice arch. ••• EUR / GBP 31 – 50 and USD 36 – 60 above EUR / GBP 100 and USD 110 Photos: Wineries

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