Sparkling wine from Franciacorta

Montenisa is a sparkling wine from Franciacorta in Lombardy in Italy. Franciacorta produces very good sparking wines and is compared to Champagne. This wine is very good and the taste is more complex than compared to a Prosecco and the taste is of bread and apples. The grapes used for this wine is Chardonnay, Pinot bianco and a small quantity Pinot Nero. It has been stored on bottle for 30 months before being sold. Montenisa is like a good Champagne but the price is better.

Sparkling wine from Franciacorta

Montenisa is a sparkling wine from Franciacorta in Lombardy in Italy. Franciacorta produces very good sparking wines and is compared to Champagne. This wine is very good and the taste is more complex than compared to a Prosecco and the taste is of bread and apples. The grapes used for this wine is Chardonnay, Pinot bianco and a small quantity Pinot Nero. It has been stored on bottle for 30 months before being sold. Montenisa is like a good Champagne but the price is better.

Franciacorta, quality sparkling wine

Franciacorta is a sparkling wine from Lombardy. These are made almost exactly like champagnes and the only one I have tried so far were very good. Now I have finally found some more of these Franciacorta sparkling wines.

The wine Animante is from producer Barone Pizzini. It is a non vintage Franciacorta made of the famous grapes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc with the Chardonnay dominating. It has an alcohol level of 12%. This is a good wine. The smell is very nice and smells apples and pears. The taste is of Bread, citrus, minerals and with a long strong after taste. Yet another good wine from this area. Unfortunately I cannot find this producers wine in Sweden. I bought this wine on a ferry.

Moving away from the north of Italy towards the centre of Italy and the region Umbria and the area Montefalco. Here I find the wine Montefalco by producer Arnaldo Caprai. It is vintage 2012 and the wine consists of the grapes Sangiovese, Sagrantino and Merlot. It has a very deep colour, almost blue reddish colour. The taste is strong with notes of Violet, Black Currants and liquorice. A good wine.

Sparkling wine from new year

A tradition on new year is to drink sparkling wine. But the best idea is to start with the best wine first before ones taste buds have become numb.

A bottle which has been lying in my cellar for a couple of years now is a Ruinart brut Millésimé from 2000. It is dry and has a taste of apples, bread, some citrus and blood oranges. Very good and a perfect start of the evening. Very elegant sparkling wine.

A sparkling wine producing region that I have never tasted anything from before is Franciacorta in Lombardy in Italy. But this were to change after tasting the wine Lo Sparviero brut of vintage 2008 by the producer of the same name, Lo Sparviero. It is very nice, taste of citrus and bread. Lot of bubbles to start with so I had to let it rest a half a minute before drinking it.