Winemaker Notes
Deep yellow with golden highlights. The perlage is extremely fine and persistent. A particularly fine, intense bouquet, with hints of almond blossom and reinette apples; slightly spicy and with a hint of bread crust. Seductive and elegant, with a very persistent velvety texture. A light fruity note of ripe apples, pleasant hints of yeast and sweet almonds and a faintly aromatic quality that is typical of Chardonnay.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Bursting with energy, this wine leaps out of the glass with aromas of green apple, white peach, and a hint of citrus blossom. Vibrant flavors of lemon zest, Granny Smith apple, and a subtle note of brioche create a lip- smacking palate. The wine's crisp acidity and lively bubbles provide a refreshing finish that keeps you coming back for more.
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.
The southern part of Italy’s northeastern Alpine region, Trentino, produces quality wines from international varieties. But its most exceptional native variety, Teroldego, with plantings concentrated around the sandy, gravelly, limestone soils of its Campo Rotaliano district, makes a deep purple-hued red wine with scents and flavors of wild blackberry, herbs, espresso and cocoa.