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 beef marengo "my mom" style, tunisian macaroni or rabbit with cider and mushrooms.
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 wine region of Franciacorta is located in the region of Lombardie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ca' del Bosco or the Domaine Ca' del Bosco produce mainly wines sparkling, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Franciacorta are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinot blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Franciacorta often reveals types of flavors of cream, hazelnut or elderflower and sometimes also flavors of gooseberry, passion fruit or savory.
In the mouth of Franciacorta is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 217 estates and châteaux in the of Franciacorta, producing 971 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Franciacorta go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison).
How Winery Contadi Castaldi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, pasta with artichoke hearts and bacon or grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
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 makroud, pageot or courgette cake with bacon and goat cheese.
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.
Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.
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A very old grape variety grown in the Italian Piedmont. It has a great resemblance with the Freisa, which also comes from the same Italian region. Among the various massal selections made in Italy, we find lampia, michet and rosé. It can be found in Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico, the United States (California), Australia, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, perhaps because it is a delicate and demanding grape variety with, among other things, a fairly long phenological cycle.
