Ca del Vent: Blanc de Noir VSQ Pas Operé 2017

The Cà del Vént winery of Antonio Tornincasa and Flavio Faliva is located in Cellatica near Brescia in Lombardy. The place belongs not only to the red wine appellation Cellatica DOC but also to Franciacorta DOCG. However, from 2015 onwards, the two have refrained from labeling their sparkling wines as "Franciacorta." The self-image of the major producers, who considered the wines of Cà del Vént as not typical, was too far removed for them. Indeed, they are not typical, because here, on a clayey, loamy, and chalky crescent-shaped hill, completely different wines are produced than in the valley. With meticulous manual work, organic (biodynamic) farming, comparatively low yields, spontaneous fermentation, barrel aging, zero dosage, and long lees aging, these are sparkling wines with a depth and character that one had never before experienced in Franciacorta.