GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Girolamo Conforti
Region: Franciacorta, Lombardia, Italy
Appellation: Franciacorta DOCG
Type: Dry white wine, sparkling
Vintage: 2016
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: conventional
Grapes used: Chardonnay 80%, Pinot nero 20%
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2016
Winemaking details: traditional method (“méthode champenoise”)
Aging: over 30 months (on lees)
Sugar level: very low
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Lemon
- Intensity = Pale
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = lemon, cirtus, blossom, pastry, bread dough, hints of almonds
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = No
- Alcohol = Medium (12.5%)
- Body = Medium
- Flavour Intensity = Medium+
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = lemon, cirtus, blossom, pastry, bread dough, hints of almonds
- Other = fine bubbles, slightly creamy
- Finish = Medium+
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 3-5 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = Very good
- Comparison with same price competition = very good
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable (no dosage)
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = fish pasta, fish risotto, fish plates, white meat, turkey roll with olives, appetizers
- Comments = This wine offers a very good overall quality, particularly in relation to its price. The aromas are precise and delicate. The bubble is fine and slightly creamy. This is a “dosaggio zero” (no dosage = no added sugar) of very good quality. I really hope that Girolamo Conforti will offer us other vintages of this wine because it is full of promise.
- Final Grade = B
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
