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The perfect conservation

Wine is a living product and correct bottling is the first step for enjoying it at its best. The ideal conditions to bottle “Bollicine Riva Franciacorta ” (Riva Franciacorta sparkling wine) is a dark environments with a 75% humidity and surrounding temperature of 16 ° (60.8 Fahrenheit). The wine must be bottled in the correct position. If maintained horizontally, the bottle allows for natural cork expansion by being wet at all times which in turn protects the wine from excessive oxidation. For those who do not have the possibility of directly measuring temperature and humidity, we suggest the conservation of Riva Franciacorta wines in a fresh, dark environment.

How serve Riva Franciacorta

The bottle must not be kept in the refrigerator but once taken from the fresh, dark environment where it was bottled, must be laid in a container previously filled with water and ice. The presence of water allows the ice to quickly refresh the bottle and its contents. Once 10-12 °C (50 – 53,6 Fahrenheit) has been reached “Bollicine Riva Franciacorta” (Sparkling Wine Riva Franciacorta) must be drunk in a glass such as the Franciacorta which has been especially designed to display the characteristics of these wines. Wide wine glasses are best avoided as they could cause excessive perfume dispersion and limit the flûte in the mouth.

How to best enjoy a sparkling Riva Franciacorta wine

A Riva Franciacorta wine must always be drunk in good company: Saten, Brut, Rosè and Millemisimato emerge to transform special moments into unforgettable ones.
With their personality, “Bollicine Riva Franciacorta” (Sparkling Riva Franciacorta Wines) are perfect during an entire meal. As an accompaniment to succulent dishes Brut or Millesimato Riva Franciacorta will be an extraordinary experience and a real revelation to the taste buds. Thanks to their soft gradation and noticeable but not over bearing acidity, these wines give a particularly fresh and fragrant result: a perfect accompaniment to the complete menu.

“Bollicine” (sparkling wine) for the whole meal without the headache.

Potassium metabisulphate is an additive commonly used by the food industry and in particular for alcoholic drinks and in particular wine preservation.
Easy digested by the human organism it is, however, principally responsible for those famous headaches. Small bubbles in the wine are obtained by the classic or Franciacorta method. This is a process which allows, in respect to others, less sulphite substances, although these are also naturally produced by yeasts.
“Bollicine Riva Franciacorta” (Sparkling Riva Franciacorta wine) consists of sulphites in a very diminished quantity, such that do not affect the drinker’s wellbeing. Toasting with a glass of Riva Franciacorta is a real pleasure in every sense of the word; to enjoy as an aperitif or during the meal.