“700” Spumante Metodo Classico VSQ 2021 brut

Cusumano | Tenuta Ficuzza | Sicily
Cusumano S.r.l. | SS 113 Km 307 | Contrada San Carlo | IT 90047 Partinico

19080921 · 0,75 l · 33,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

700 is not just a number, but a promise: At an altitude of exactly 700 metres, in the cool Tenuta Ficuzza not far from Palermo, the grapes grow for a Sicilian sparkling wine that tells the story of its terroir in a dazzlingly fine form. The high altitude, calcareous soils and significant day-night fluctuations create ideal conditions for the grapes to ripen perfectly – chardonnay and Pinot Nero – before they are refined in classic bottle fermentation to create an Etna sparkling wine with character. After the first fermentation in stainless steel tanks, the wine matures on the lees for around 36 months. It is disgorged without dosage, which further emphasises its dry elegance and purist style.

Straw yellow in the glass with a fine, persistent perlage. Apple, lemon zest, almond blossom, fresh yeast and a hint of salt stone on the nose, crystal clear and animating. Dry and taut on the palate, with fine acidity, mineral depth and elegant mousseux. The 700 is not a loud party sparkling wine, but a subtle and serious Metodo Classico with character, focussed, serious and with a Sicilian soul. A statement sparkling wine that proves that great sparkling wines are also at home in Sicily.