GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: BARONE PIZZINI
Region: Franciacorta, Lombardia, Italy
Appellation: Franciacorta DOCG
Type: Dry white wine, sparkling
Vintage: 2011
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: Organic (certified)
Grapes used: Chardonnay 60% + Pinot nero 40%
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2011
Winemaking details: 30 years old vines (on average), Traditional method (“Méthode Champenoise”)
Aging: almost 70 months on lees
Sugar level: low (<1g of sugar per liter)
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Gold
- Intensity = Pale
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium+
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Lemon, citrus, pastry, bread, bread dough, hints of almond, medicinal herbs
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry (<1g of sugar per liter)
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = No
- Alcohol = Medium (12%)
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Lemon, citrus, pastry, bread, bread dough, hints of almond, medicinal herbs
- Other = the bubbles are well integrated and quite long lasting
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 5-8 additional years
- Can gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 48 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 (<1g of sugar per liter)
- Service Temperature = around 8-10°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = baked and roast fish, fish plates with polenta, aged-cheese, white meat, oysters, sea food, “Risotto del mare”
- Comments = What a beautiful 2011 vintage! We can only thank Barone Pizzini for offering us this wine so well made and with the breathtaking result for a “zero dosage” Franciacorta. The finesse and precision of the aromas, the finesse and persistence of the bubbles, everything is there. This wine is really the perfect example that proves that you can make an exceptional sparkling wine without adding sugar. At this price, we want more…
- Final Grade = A-
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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
