The Winery Contadi Castaldi is one of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Franciacorta to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Contadi Castaldi wines in Franciacorta among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Contadi Castaldi wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Contadi Castaldi wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Contadi Castaldi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of thai beef skewers, tanjia (lamb shoulder confit) or oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Contadi Castaldi. often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or apples and sometimes also flavors of straw, yeast or non oak.
The Italian Champagne, the country's largest DOCG zone for classic-method sparklers. Fine, refined bubbles with signature notes of green apple, citrus, brioche, toasted almond and white flowers, taut and creamy finish (18 months minimum on lees, up to 60 for Riserva). Based on dominant Chardonnay, Pinot Noir for structure, Pinot Blanc for roundness. Satèn (low pressure, silky) and fruity rosé versions.
~3,000 ha around Lake Iseo in Lombardy.
How Winery Contadi Castaldi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of pasta al forno (baked pasta), mascarpone/gorgonzola macaroni gratin or lamb tagine with dried fruits and herbs.
Austere, noble reds, pale in colour and quick to turn garnet, with powerful tannins and high acidity, showing aromas of sour cherry, faded rose, tar, white truffle, leather and balsamic notes with age. Outstanding ageing potential. Absolute star of Piedmont with Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco DOCG, also in Roero, Gattinara, Ghemme and Valtellina (Chiavennasca). A late-ripening Italian variety among the world's greatest.
How Winery Contadi Castaldi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spaghetti with knackis, barbecued lobster or franc-comtoise.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Contadi Castaldi. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, vegetal or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Contadi Castaldi. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Normal for certain young red wines rich in tannin, bitterness is in other cases a defect due to a bacterial disease.
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Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
