Franciacorta DOCG Brigantia Satèn 2020 (2020) - Le Marchesine
The Le Marchesine winery is run by the Biatta family, whose history as winegrowers goes back five generations. The name "Brigantia" refers to the Celtic goddess of abundance and prosperity, symbolising the richness and quality of the wine.
Franciacorta DOCG Brigantia Satèn 2020 (2020) - Le Marchesine
Type: Sparkling wine or Champagne
Area: Italy, Lombardy, Franciacorta
Appellation: Franciacorta DOCG
Grape variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2020
Winery: Le Marchesine
Alcohol: 13
The appellation: Franciacorta DOCG
The Franciacorta DOCG is one of the most prestigious appellations in Italy and the benchmark for the production of Metodo Classico sparkling wines, in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Known for its excellence and its long tradition, Franciacorta was the first Italian sparkling wine to obtain DOCG status (1995), standing out for the quality and elegance of its wines.Made mainly from Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco, Franciacorta wines are characterised by their freshness, aromatic complexity and fine, persistent perlage, with long ageing on the lees that gives them depth and longevity.
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Who makes it: Le Marchesine
Le Marchesine is a historic Franciacorta winery, founded in 1985 by the Biatta family, with winegrowing roots dating back to the 16th century. For generations the family has pursued a craft-based yet innovative approach, establishing itself as one of the benchmark producers of Franciacorta Metodo Classico. Thanks to the use of advanced technology and an obsessive attention to quality, Le Marchesine produces refined, elegant and long-lived sparkling wines that express the Franciacorta terroir at its best.
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most widely planted and prestigious white grape varieties in the world, originally from Burgundy, in France. Thanks to its great adaptability to different climates and soils, Chardonnay is grown in many wine regions, expressing unique characteristics according to the terroir and the winemaking style.
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Franciacorta
Franciacorta, in Lombardy, in the province of Brescia, is one of Italy’s most prestigious wine regions and the birthplace of Italian traditional-method sparkling wines. This area, which stretches across the morainic hills around Lake Iseo, has a unique terroir with mineral-rich soils, a temperate climate and marked day-night temperature swings, ideal for producing wines of great elegance and longevity.The area is famous for producing Franciacorta DOCG, Italy’s most renowned sparkling wine, made from Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco, with the addition in some styles of Erbamat, an old native grape variety. Franciacorta is also an outstanding wine-tourism destination, with historic wineries, beautiful landscapes and a wine culture rooted in tradition.
Find out more about FranciacortaClimate: Temperate
Altitude: Low to mid altitude (200–500 m above sea level)
Soil: Alluvial / Morainic
Geographical setting: Lake
Profile of Franciacorta DOCG Brigantia Satèn 2020
Primary aromas: Floral notes of peach blossom
Secondary aromas: Hints of honey and hazelnut
Tertiary aromas: Vanilla notes, white chocolate, camomile, almond milk, white pepper, chalky hints and oyster liquor
Tasting notes: The 'Franciacorta DOCG Brigantia Satèn 2020 (2020) - Le Marchesine' shows an elegant, harmonious structure. Delicate aromatic notes of green apple and white flowers blend perfectly with a creamy, velvety flavour, heightened by a fine, persistent perlage. Pleasant acidity and a long, savoury finish round off the tasting experience of this refined and seductive wine.
| Sulphites | I don’t know |
| Body | Creamy |
| Acidity | Fresh |
| Tannin | No |
| Sweetness | Brut |
| Finish | Long |
| Colour | Straw yellow with golden highlights. |
| Clarity | Clear |
| Body | Medium-light |
Winemaking methods used for Franciacorta DOCG Brigantia Satèn 2020
Hand harvesting
Hand harvesting is a traditional, painstaking approach to picking, where bunches are selected and cut by hand straight from the vine. Compared with machine harvesting it allows far closer attention to quality, since only the best bunches are chosen and the fruit is not damaged.
Find out moreSoft pressing
Soft pressing is a gentle winemaking technique, used to extract the must from the grapes with the least possible pressure. This method makes it possible to obtain a high-quality must, free of excessive phenolic or tannic substances, ideal for producing elegant white, rosé and red wines.
Find out moreTemperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel
Temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel is a technique that makes it possible to produce fresh, fruity, clean wines, preserving the varietal aromas of the grapes at their best.
Find out moreWhite winemaking
White winemaking is a technique that makes it possible to obtain white wines from both white and black grapes, avoiding contact between the must and the skins. This process emphasises the freshness, aromatic purity and finesse of the wine, preserving its fruity and floral notes and avoiding the extraction of tannins and anthocyanins.Used for the production of dry, aromatic and sparkling white wines, white winemaking involves temperature-controlled fermentation in order to maintain the integrity of the aromas and of the wine's natural acidity.
Find out moreAddition of liqueur de tirage
The addition of the liqueur de tirage is a fundamental stage of the Metodo Classico (or Champenoise) approach to sparkling winemaking, and represents the trigger for the second fermentation in bottle, which leads to the formation of the bubbles. This procedure, carried out after the blending of the sparkling bases, is essential for obtaining sparkling wines with a natural secondary fermentation, elegant, fine and long-lived.
Find out moreAgeing methods used for Franciacorta DOCG Brigantia Satèn 2020
In bottle
Ageing in bottle is a fundamental stage in the production of quality wines, during which the wine continues to develop in an oxygen-free environment. This process allows the wine to harmonise its components, soften the tannins and develop more complex, mature aromas, without the external influence of wood or other materials.Ageing in bottle can last from a few months to several years, depending on the type of wine and the style sought, and is particularly used for structured red wines, long-lived whites and metodo classico sparkling wines, improving their elegance, finesse and length on the palate.
Find out moreIn bottle (19–36 months)
Ageing in bottle for 19 to 36 months is a slow, silent stage of maturation, dedicated to structured, long-lived wines that need time to reach the full expression of their potential. During this period, the wine develops sheltered from oxygen, stabilising in both aromatic and gustatory terms. It is a technique used above all after ageing in wood or in concrete, and is typical of great reds, whites for long maturation and vintage Metodo Classico sparkling wines.
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