Santus Franciacorta Satèn 2020
With the Satèn Santus Franciacorta, you can find the freshness and clarity of a pure Franciacorta, always looking for the harmony between sweetness and a variety of flavours, which characterise it with every sip. This Italian ‘champagne’ is produced from 100% Chardonnay grapes, harvested later than the normal grape harvest, to give it more body and a more complex structure. The colour of this Satèn is an intense yellow, characterised by great softness and elegance, for the most sophisticated palates. The palate is welcomed with pleasant citrus flavours and white fruit.
Winemaking: gentle pressing, maceration on skins. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak barrels
• Ageing: 6 months in French oak barriques
• Bottle ageing on lees: minimum 30 months
Features: golden yellow, elegant, of great texture and persistence, with notes of ripe fruit and citrus fruit. The palate is creamy, savoury and complex.
• Matching: delicate risotto, fish courses and also compliments prosciutto crudo di, Parma, medium aged cheese.
How is the wine made?
Winemaking: gentle pressing, maceration on skins. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation
takes place in French oak barrels
• Ageing: 6 months in French oak barriques
• Bottle ageing on lees: minimum 30 months
About the winery
In 1995, agronomists Maria Luisa Santus and Gianfranco Pagano took up the challenge of devoting themselves full-time to winegrowing in the Franciacorta region. Their goal was to produce exclusively Franciacorta wine.
In the space of three years, they planted about 60.000 vines over an area of 10 hectares and they now take personally care of vineyard management.
The Santus philosophy is based on a firm belief that a small wine grower’s mission must be to protect nature’s diversity and its many nuances, by rejecting standardization in any form.
In order to emphasize the strong vine-climate-terroir bond, no cuvée wines are produced and only single-vintage wines are bottled.
Santus Franciacorta selection includes Franciacorta Brut (Chardonnay & Pinot Noir blend), Saten (100% Chardonnay), Rose (100% Pinot Noir), Dosaggiozero (‘0’ added sugar, the driest of the range), and the cru wine ‘Essenza’.
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