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In 1964 Annamaria Clementi purchased a small house called 'Ca'del bosc' and two hectares of land, surrounded by chestnut woods. The first vineyards were planted in 1968 and two red wines were released in the early 1970's. Her son Maurizio Zanella, inspired by a trip to Champagne at just 17 years of age, returned with a vision to make great sparkling wine. What was once a small house in the countryside has since grown to be the eminent sparkling wine in Italy and one of the best in the world.
'Metodo Ca' del Bosco'
Maurizio & Stefano are
fastidious about quality control from vineyard to cellar. Grapes are picked by
hand and placed into small cases, where they are graded and 'washed' through a
system of baths before entering a drying tunnel. Crushing is done in the absence
of oxygen and at bottling, their own patented system avoids oxidative stress and
allows for them to bottle the wines with very low sulphur, resulting in
Franciacorta wines of purity and elegance. Finally, every bottle is marked with
its disgorgement date.
