FRANCIACORTA - Cuvée Annamaria Clementi

Made from 70% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Bianco and 10% Pinot

Nero.

3rd September 1979 with a meticulous selection of grape

bunches before crush began.

3,09 tons/acre; 476 gallons/acre.

Sugar: Chardonnay 19.00% (20.00 'brix); Pinot Bianco 18.00%

[19.12 'brix); Pinot Nero 18.60% (19.65 'brix).

Total acidity (grams tartaric acid per 100 ml): Chardonnay 0.745;

Pinot Bianco 0.800; Pinot Nero 0.720.

pH: Chardonnay 3.15; Pinot Bianco 3.12; Pinot Nero 3.18.

After beginning alcoholic fermentation, the must is transferred

from temperature controlled stainless steel vats to small oak

barrels where alcoholic fermentation finishes and malolactic

fermentation begins. The base wines continue to mature in these

small oak barrels for 6months. This particular advancement

bestows to the finished product a spicy personality, reinforced by

the aging in bottles which are kept in cellars at controlled

temperature of 53'F (12°C).

March 1980.

Total acidity (grams tartaric acid per 100 ml): 0.610; pH: 3.05.