1 BOTTLE X 75cl. 

SUMMER DISGORGING 2023

40% Pinot Noir

39% Chardonnay

21% Pinot Blanc

GRAPES

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco from 7 historic vineyards in the "Canelle" area

FERMENTATION
Oak pièces for 5 months

AGING ON YEASTS
42 years old, of which 7 with bottles lying down and 34 years with bottles stacked “sur pointe”.
Disgorgement on request.

SULPHITES
Total sulfur dioxide less than 47 milligrams/litre

DOSAGE AT DISGORGING
Dosage Zéro - 12.90% Vol.

Grape varieties

The vines of the white grape variety planted at that time in Franciacorta were supplied by nurserymen with the generic name of "Pinot" and this name was also reported on the labels of the bottles as "Franciacorta Pinot". Subsequently, at the end of the 1980s, it was discovered that the vineyards planted with the ampelographically named "Pinot" variety were actually composed, randomly, of approximately 35% Pinot Blanc and 65% Chardonnay. We can therefore define that the blend of the “Cuvée Annamaria Clementi R.S. 1980” then created with 40% Pinot Noir base wines and 60% white grape base wines “Pinot” was in fact composed of 40% Pinot Noir, 21% Pinot Blanc and 39% Chardonnay.

Origin vineyards

A selection of grapes from the 7 vineyards in the "Canelle" area, located in the surroundings of the "Ca' del Bosco" winery.

1980 harvest

Cool early spring, little rain and budding of the vines with a decidedly dry climate. From May onwards, however, the weather conditions completely changed with rain being the protagonist until the first ten days of July. It rained more than 200 mm between May and June. The vines were strongly affected by this climate with consequent loss of bunches. The cool weather and rain during flowering actually caused the loss of part of the "floral buttons" and induced limited fruit setting, with millerandage of the bunches. From the second week of July the real summer showed itself with temperatures around 30° C and until September the rain was never seen again. Final climate that favored and marked the excellent quality of the grapes of this vintage. The harvest began in the first week of September with the "Pinot" grapes being perfectly healthy and ripe. For this Reserve the grapes were harvested on 11 and 12 September.