VINSANTO DI CARMIGNANO D.O.C. RISERVA

VINTAGE: 2011 PRODUCTION AREA Carmignano (po) BOTTLES: 5.540 (0,375 ml bottles) FIRST VINTAGE: 1925 (alwaysbeenproduced) ELEVATION AND SUN EXPOSURE: East ; 100-150 m s.l.m. VARIETAL: 90% Trebbiano, 10% San Colombano SOIL: Clay Shist HARVEST: Beginningof September VINIFICATION: The grapesare put to dry accordingto naturalmethodsfrom the moment of the vintage to the followingFebruary. The vinificationtakesplacein traditionalsmall chestnutand cherry casks. DEVELOPMENT: in small casksfor 5 years AGING: in bottlefor atleast3 months ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13,5% developed+ 5% undeveloped RESIDUAL SUGAR: 290 g/l SERVING TEMPERATURE: Serve at16°-18°C FOOD PAIRING: Recommendedwith alldesserts. TASTING NOTES: COLOUR: Deep goldenyellow NOSE: Quitecomplex, fruity, with driedfruitand candiedapricotand orangepeels; floralnuancesof yellowflowers. PALATE: Complex, sweet, soft and opulentwith a sweet, persistenfinishof candiedfruit.

Vines have been cultivated in Carmignano since pre-Roman era as the wine jars and tasting cups found in Etruscan tombs testify. In 1475, during the early Renaissance, Monna Nera Bonaccorsi built the first Nobleman's House along with with the wine-making buildings. Other generations and families were to follow in the ownership of the property: the Cantucci, the Marchesi Bourbon del Monte, Franchetti and Rothschild and finally the Contini Bonacossi, our family, in 1920.