Today I drink: Brut 1997 - Today Catherine House the wines of Casa Caterina do not get to the event for several reasons: very few bottles are hard to find, do not have a website, they are not on the guides and make the wines as you like them. In more expensive as a kidney (my, that given how little I drink comes away with).
I've cross-case, reading a comment on a blog I can not remember the name, I tried some curious news more and I found it here
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Tour of mail and phone calls and, finally, I met Aurelio Del Bono, volcanic mind of Catherine House, a year and a half ago, in a bar in Casteggio.: A whitefly
: has 7 hectares of land planted in Monticelli Brusati in Franciacorta, but bubbles
ago Franciacorta not (say, as if he had a very good vineyards of Nebbiolo the Nebbiolo Cannubi and bottle that refinements such as IGT ...), long ago on the lees (10 and older) and is crazy about pinot meunier. In addition, the company follows the principles of biodynamics.
For Valentine's Day dinner with my beautiful I uncorked the 1997 Brut, 86% pinot noir and 14% chardonnay, disgorging at the end of 2009.
Golden yellow with copper reflections excellent texture, very clean, white foam and quickly disappear. The bubbles are few and the impression is that a wine could be tired, nothing more wrong.
In fact, the effervescence is present in the mouth, but I'll find out only after having dipped his nose in the glass where smells come from advanced tones, slightly oxidized, we feel everything (shame on me I do not take notes) from dried fruit to 'dehydrated citrus, hints of yeast and fine spices, over time the temperature rises and turns on the hottest notes that round a bit' that the taste and the nose, this dry and slightly smoky, vibrant acidity of great personality and presence in the mouth.
class and style to spare.
And if it is a wine for every patient, Franciacorta underground alive!
Price: 35 € in the basement, like a vintage Brut, Ca 'del Bosco all'Esselunga.
