Winemaker Notes
Vintage Collection Dosage Zéro 2019 is a masterly blend of 24 Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir base wines that imbue the final product with its uniquely sincere sensory profile, a superb expression of the territory and the growers who perceived its force and potential. Disgorgement takes place in the absence of oxygen using a unique system designed and patented by Ca’ del Bosco. The procedure avoids oxidative stress or the need for additional sulphites, making Ca’ del Bosco Franciacortas purer, more appealing and longer lived. Finally, every bottle is given an individual marking to ensure its traceability.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A complex profile of crayon, baked apples, strawberries and violets, not without minerality. Fine mousse on the palate, persistent and integrated with sharp acidity, medium body and precise length. Polished and complex finish.
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Vinous
Dusty and floral, the 2019 Vintage Collection Dosage Zéro wafts up from the glass with a bouquet of crushed rocks and wildflowers, complicating lime zest and young kiwi nuances. It’s soft-textured with silken bubbles and a distinctly savory core of salty minerals and tart citrus enriched by an air of raw almond. The 2019 tapers off fresh and with medium length, leaving hints of iodine and exotic spice.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
Containing an exciting mix of wine producing subregions, Lombardy is Italy’s largest in size and population. Good quality Pinot noir, Bonarda and Barbera have elevated the reputation of the plains of Oltrepò Pavese. To its northeast in the Alps, Valtellina is the source of Italy’s best Nebbiolo wines outside of Piedmont. Often missed in the shadow of Prosecco, Franciacorta produces collectively Italy’s best Champagne style wines, and for the fun and less serious bubbly, find Lambrusco Mantovano around the city of Mantua. Lugana, a dry white with a devoted following, is produced to the southwest of Lake Garda.