2021 Bele Casel Prosecco ColFondo Agricolo
£21.00
Prosecco ‘Col fondo’ meaning ‘with its bottom’ is bottled with lees, causing a re-fermentation in the bottle. This result in a deliberately cloudy wine with crisp flavour and a gentle effervescence.
“The stunning 2021 Bele Casel Col Fondo is racy and floral, offering enticing aromas of hawthorn, field flower, botanical herb and citrus underpinned by a yeasty not of bread dough. Bone-dry and loaded with flavour and intensity, the vibrant, savoury palate delivers ripe Bartlett pair, white peach, tangerine, graphite and saline mineral notes alongside crisp acidity. Tiny, persistent bubbles create an elegant backdrop.”
94 Points, Kerin O’Keefe
“Cloudy. Lots more interest than the Extra Brut – I could drink this! Light and fresh, very clean.”
16.5/20 Jancis Robinson MW
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Product Description
Bele Casel are leading the way in Prosecco’s Col Fondo movement, making bone dry, crisp fresh wines that are re-fermented in bottle leading to a deliberately cloudy wine with gentle effervescence.
How does the col fondo method differ from regular prosecco, traditional method and ancestral method?
Most prosecco is made by the tank method, a still wine is refermented in a pressurised tank before being bottled under pressure.
Traditional method (eg champagne) is made with a secondary fermentation taking place in bottle followed by disgorgement to remove sediment.
Ancestral method (often now called petillant naturel or ‘pet-nat’) are young wines bottled before the natural fermentation is complete.
The col fondo method meaning ‘with its bottom’ is a base wine bottled with lees, causing a re-fermenting in bottle but without disgorgement to remove sediment. In fact Bele Casel advocate inverting the bottle before opening to evenly disburse the lees. This results in a deliberately cloudy wine with crisp flavour and a gentle effervescence.
Additional Information
| ABV | 11% |
|---|---|
| Bottle Size | Bottle 75cl |
| Colour | White |
| Country | Italy |
| Critic Score | 16.5/20 |
| Drink until | 2028 |
| Style | Sparkling |
| Sweetness | Dry |
| Vintage | 2021 |
