Il Contestatore - Il Pendio

Il Contestatore - Il Pendio

Obtained from Chardonnay grapes coming from two of the best vineyards of Michele Loda. The elegant and powerful wine is fermented in steel tanks with only native yeasts. The aging of the base wine takes place in steel for one year on fine lees, while for the liquer of expedition wine must be used without the addition of sugars or foreign matter. The grip takes about 60 months. The remuage veien manually handled bottles per bottle up to 1400 per month. Il Contestatore is a fine and powerful straw yellow color with fine and persistent perlage. The nose is characterized by intense hints of crust of bread, ripe fruit and mineral notes. In the mouth is remarkably cool, tense, harmonious and elegant.

Service

We treat Il Contestatore at a temperature around 10/12 ° C. It is recommended to serve it in Flute Ballon glasses. Wine to drink immediately but if left to rest in the cellar for a few years can give great emotions.

Pairings

Il Contestatore is ideal as an aperitif, first vegetable dishes, fishes to be tried with salmon fusilli with lemon scent.

Cellar: Il Pendio

The company Il Pendio is located in Monticelli Brusati, in the heart of Franciacorta, and is handled expertly by Michele Loda. Viticulture is conducted by Michele biologically without the use of chemistry or additives and in the cellar only spontaneous fermentations, refining in Allier oak barrels, and bottlenecks are carried out by hand bottles per bottle and no sugar or sugar is added Elements outside the wine after the opening. Its vineyards, located at 420 m.ds.l.m., stretch for 3 hectares and stand on dark ground limestone limestone whitish. The wines  by Il Pendio are authentic, landmark wines that give great emotions