Sospiri Brut Riserva Pas Operé - 2011
Cà del Vént
- Region
- Italy » Vino
- Type
- white traditional sparkling, brut
- Producer
- Cà del Vént
- Vintage
- 2011
- Disgorged
- 2018-01-25
- On lees
- 69 months
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
- Alcohol
- 13
- Sugar
- 3
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
75% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir.
Ratings
Ooof. Sospiri! How happy I am to experience this wine again. Contrary to the previous wine, this one is demanding and sophisticated. Expressive bouquet of baked apples, buckwheat honey, Jerez, mushrooms, fresh buckwheat bread, and subtle hints of pickles (boy, it only adds complexity). Almost perfectly balanced, voluminous and persistent. Bravo.
Sospiri is an incredible traditional sparkling with a unique and expressive style. It bursts with baked apples, buckwheat honey, tilia, Jerez, pickles, mushrooms, and freshly baked buckwheat bread. Medium-high acidity, almost perfectly balanced, and the aftertaste is long, evolving and flavourful with a nice VA touch in the finish. It's like drinking cider mixed with Champagne, Jerez and medovukha. An explosion of emotions, complex and delicious.
Cà del Vént
Cà del Vént has a humble story that officially started in 1994. With no equipment, just in the garage, they handcrafted 5 barrels of Clavis, red wine from autochthonous varieties. It was made just for personal consumption. As they admitted, likely due more to luck than actual ability, their first wine, Clavis 1996, turned out to be incredible.
Only in 2001 did they buy a small pneumatic press to vinify the first 2000 bottles of Franciacorta. Yet they didn't like the result as the wine lacked elegance and the oak flavours were too obvious and heavy.
After gaining experience, the property reaches 6.5 hectares merging some neighbouring vineyards. And so they move from an amateur to a small winery.
As you might know, to be allowed to write any designation like Franciacorta DOCG, you have to pass an evaluation by the tasting commission. In 2015 Cà del Vént was rejected because its wines did not suit the appellation standards. Formally commission said that these wines are too rich and complex. Since then Cà del Vént is not bound by any restrictions other than its own. High standards, and a strong identity made by the soil and the season.