Where wine becomes art

Photo on the left: Flavio Bonetti Photo on the right: Franco Fontana

Th ere are moments without words that only listening, winemakers reap from the nature around sensations can defi ne, feelings that reach the heart them. Ca’ del Bosco, home of an art form that from and become the rapture, joy and beauty of a moment the grape leads to marvellous harmony. Amidst to be treasured deep inside. Th e art of wine is one the gentle slopes and verdant hills of Franciacorta, such moment, a true form of expression, masterful in the enchanted setting of a legendary region, creation of the talent that only few possess, in tiny hamlets, patrician villas and medieval castles which dedication and skill blend in a magical, remain as testaments to a love for the earth handed mystical marriage with nature. Th e infi nite held down by those who live here. Ca’ del Bosco. Where in a single drop that, with slow, devoted and wine becomes art. painstaking passion, in the silence of the deepest Tradition

Photo on the left: Ralph Gibson Photo on the right: Franco Fontana

“Tractor prints in the mud attract your attention, have passed beneath these vineyards’ eyes. Only the intrigue you, remind you of the deepest secrets hidden vine observes the passing of events and silently, God- under sprays of water soft as silk. You hesitate but a like, contemplates them from above. And we still moment and, unable to resist this silent call, intangible, make use of its gifts, including the art of making fl eeting yet as strong as an inner voice, you give in and wine, an art that follows us always and everywhere: in your hazy, peaceful glance takes you into an abyss of happiness and pain, in moments of pure pleasure and wine in which are hidden, like refl ections of an abstract of deep meditation, to quench our thirst or accompany and impartial mirror, all the moments of the past: the our meals - an art that we make ours earlier than any summer and fall of the year, in which hands plucked other tradition, along with mother’s milk.” grapes from vines like musician’s hands extracting fabulous sounds from strings. And lo the wine begins to Anatole Korneev sing, to speak to you, trying to tell you that millenniums

Dedication Photo: Don McCullin Dedication is everything for the grape grower and Dedication also means faithfulness, not just to the winemaker. Caring little gestures that daily express a work but to the land, honoring Mother Nature to constant love for the vine and for wine. Th ere are many achieve a result that is never immediate and is savored synonyms revealing the nuances of a word with such all the more because you must wait for it each time. It subtle power, intimate and yet so extreme. Dedication translates into solicitude, care, generosity in giving of leads to commitment, assiduous commitment through yourself to reach a goal: wine, delightful fruit of one’s all seasons and in the years to come, especially where devotion. You are never certain that it will be as you the art that is winemaking is concerned. expected, only sure that you have given it your all. Eff ort

Photo on the left: Daniele Ciraolo Photo on the right: Ferdinando Scianna

“Earth, fi re and steel. Th is is the wine in its elemental vineyard and the lone task of ‘remuage’ in pursuit of form, gnarled vines, rugged faces, damp earth, smoke the perfect bubble. Th e sky can be dark and dramatic, from fi res, cold metal. It is frost and fog, joy and warmth, the light in the cellar reminiscent of the Nightwatch, skill and sheer grit. Wine is not made by love alone. the task are endless, the seasons pitiless or kind but, Branches are bent, vine cuttings are burnt, tanks are at the end, there is wine.” fi lled, bottles are turned. It is hard and it is relentless if the quest is quality. Th ere is work in a team and solitary Serena Sutcliff e concentration, the championship of colleagues in the

Passion

Photo on the left: Giuseppe La Spada Photo on the right: William Klein

“Man, the vertical animal, reaches towards the sky. it must be won over, loved. Its tamers caress it, train Th e vine, that for so long clung to trees, preceded it, direct it. In the cellar wine lives a hidden life, secret him: indeed, it conquered him, as seen by the grapes yet watched over. Step by step it becomes what it with which he loads himself and by the divine drink should, what it can be. Simple grape juice becomes that he gets from them, with Bacchus’ blessing. If the red (or white) gold.” gods and many sacred texts have sanctifi ed wine, its creators are earth and man’s passion. Th e vine is wild, Michel Dovaz Terroir

Photo on the left: Georg Gerster Photo on the right: Flavio Bonetti

Th e term “terroir” evokes green landscapes, gentle real concept, full of life, also has a cultural dimension hills, sunny slopes, geometric layout designed by linking it to its community. Franciacorta, a basin of long rows, men devoted to a passion for the places glacial moraine south of Lake Iseo, an excellent terroir. and traditions of their land. A terroir is therefore With, from its origins, a vocation for grape-growing a concrete, tangible place defi ned by many factors: that expresses itself in wines with special qualities geography, soil, geology, water and microclimate. Th is of aroma and fl avour, inimitable and easily identifi ed.

Time

Photo on the left: Flavio Bonetti Photo on the right: Giuseppe La Spada

Time is a succession of instants - theoretically infi nite - in the vineyard, waiting for the best moment to harvest that mankind has conventionally divided into seconds, the grapes, following the rhythm of the seasons to pick minutes, days, months, years, centuries and millennia, them at the ideal moment of ripeness: in the cellar, numbered before and after the birth of Christ. We respecting the time needed to perfect the wine. And often forget that time is a measure of motion and that then you must have the patience to wait, a guarantee without motion there is no life, so in absolute terms of the fi nest results. Wine is therefore not just the fruit time is the measure of mankind. To make a great wine of the vine but also the fruit of time, the fruit of living. you must know time’s value and work without haste:

Cuvée Prestige

Identity, a virtue found in the etymology of an ancient and Pinot Bianco (10%) from more than a hundred word. From idem, or same, a set of homogenous vineyards (prime raw material to be vinifi ed separately, characteristics that comprise an entity. Cuvée Prestige, based on origin) go into the base wine that is then the essence of Franciacorta in Ca’ del Bosco style, a expertly blended with the noble reserves of the fi nest jewel created in 2007. Th e essence of love for wine vintages (at least 20%) in the magical rite of creating and of thirty years’ experience gained day by day in Cuvée. It will take many months of maturation on vineyard and cellar seeking sublimely seductive taste. the yeasts before this wine fully expresses its richness Experiences and intuitions that, year after year, give and identity. Cuvée Prestige: sublime transparency. A us intimate knowledge of the grape and the long classic, well-balanced Franciacorta, pleasantly fresh and transformation process that turns it into wine. Only the crisp. Perfect for any occasion. fi nest bunches of Chardonnay (75%), Pinot Nero (15%)

Cuvée Prestige Rosé

Transition. Pink. More than a colour, a suspended you have to hit it just right - a moment too soon and the mood, like a delicate transition from white to red in colour is too pale, a moment too late and it’s too dark. shades that are never quite one or the other. Th is is And then harmonious blending with Chardonnay, the innate feeling you get from a Franciacorta rosé, slow and patient aging, the art of contemplation in a magical sensation always midpoint between two silent cellars. Cuvée Prestige Rosé, a Franciacorta with colours. Giving birth to a special wine that naturally the fragrance and delicacy of a white wine plus the retains the virtues of both red and white. Th e rosé hue structure and aromas of a red. Th e delicate balance of is obtained after brief maceration of red Pinot Nero a subtle wine, a Franciacorta you can drink throughout grapes. Just a few hours are needed to get that delicate a meal. Th e ideal choice for the fi nest occasions. shade of pink reminiscent of springtime sunsets: Especially the most romantic.

Vintage Collection Dosage Zéro

Precision. Like the harmonious notes of a complex and is perfected through time with long refi nement orchestral work, every stage of production must be on yeasts. Th is is a “pure” Franciacorta, sincere, the performed with the utmost precision, following the fi nest expression of an extraordinary terroir and the timing and cadences that perfection requires. Th is person who understood its character and potential. is the “no-compromise” Franciacorta: no “liqueur Destined for connoisseurs who love this particular d’expédition” is added (the minimal amount of syrup style of Franciacorta, it is an excellent aperitif and added to other Franciacortas at disgorgement). Its a fi ne accompaniment for tasty seafood and raw fi sh. character is determined right from cuvée composition

Vintage Collection Brut

Character. Among the Franciacortas from Ca’ del a love match between man and the earth. Since 1976, Bosco, this is the one that best expresses the character Ca’ del Bosco has been making its Brut only in the fi nest of the territory and above all the particularities years. It is the result of careful vinifi cation but above that each year brings, always a variable with the all of long refi nement: four years of aging on yeasts greatest infl uence on how a wine will be. Every exalts its characteristics. Th is is a unique Franciacorta: vintage has a totally unpredictable history tied to structured, full-bodied, intense and persistent. A wine the weather: there are good and less good years, each for special occasions and a great accompaniment to with its own specific imprint. It is the product of haute cuisine seafood.

Vintage Collection Satèn

Femininity. Smooth, luxurious, ripe, soft, rounded. interpretation of a Franciacorta: a harmonious marriage A list of adjectives suited to ardently describing a of white grapes only. A little secret hides amidst its unique wine and also the enchanting features of the rippling bubbles: during the “tirage,” when sugar and woman of one’s heart. Pleasure in sensorial terms, yeasts are added to initiate the second fermentation but also tones rich in sensuality. From the birth of in the bottle, Satèn is given less sugar than normally the bewitchment known as woman, the same words used for other Franciacortas. Th en a long period of have been used to evoke solely those wines that thrill refi nement to enhance creamy elegance and mellowness the senses. Satèn, the femininity and elegance of silk, in every bottle. Delicious as an aperitif and excellent as the impalpable finesse of its texture. Made by a conversation wine. Ca’ del Bosco for the fi rst time in 1978, it is a special

Cuvée Annamaria Clementi

Absolute , or in other words no-limits. A value that years. Limited vineyard yields, meticulous winemaking evolves, as instinctive as the absolute, no-limits and above all lengthy refi nement on yeasts, lasting more commitment that Ca’ del Bosco puts into creating than seven years. In this very long aging period the yeasts this Franciacorta dedicated to the mother of Maurizio help create a unique wine, peerless in its magnifi cent Zanella, the winery’s founder. No compromises, no golden hue, ultra-fi ne perlage, extraordinarily complex concessions. Only the fi nest grapes from the various crus bouquet and fl avour that’s exceptionally rich, full and are earmarked for this icon wine. And only the fi nest persistent. An absolute Franciacorta.

Cuvée Annamaria Clementi Rosé

Harmony. A whispered sound. A hue hinted at. Th e laden bouquet of sublime fi nesse. Th is Franciacorta perception of a fragrance. Perfection melds with conserves intact the vitality of the fruit and its subtlety in the balanced shades of a Franciacorta complexity manages to convey an impression of Rosé from Pinot Nero grapes only, shaped by hands power without belligerence. Supreme balance on the that knew exactly when to separate the must from palate, a unique shade of pink and a perlage of the the skins during maceration. A moment caught tiniest bubbles. Cuvée Annamaria Clementi Rosé, to obtain the peerless deep pink hue before seven a rare example of poise and excellence, is dedicated years of patient maturation coaxed out an aroma- to the woman who founded Ca’ del Bosco.

Maurizio Zanella

Personality. Th is was the fi rst wine with a label a contemporary style with a distinct personality that bearing the signature of its creator, Maurizio Zanella, stands above the crowd. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot proudly celebrating the passionate commitment and Cabernet Franc, selected from the winery’s fi nest of Ca’ del Bosco’s founder. A wine that embodies vineyards, are expertly blended and refi ned in small a perfect blend of land and life style. A great wine oak barrels to guarantee a rock-solid wine, potent yet with an international style, it debuted in 1981 and harmonious, able to age for decades. Not just a great is surely among the jewels that contributed to what is wine to drink but an excellent investment that gains commonly called the “Italian wine renaissance.” Its in value year after year. birth marked a turning point, a new era. It still shows

Chardonnay

Aptitude. Aptitude is a fundamental value in expressing its class at the highest levels. Strict grape the world of wine, an intrinsic concept defi ning selection, fermentation in small oak barrels and a territory’s natural ability to give a grape type its lengthy refi nement on yeasts enable the Chardonnay fi nest expression. Chardonnay, a French white grape, to perform to perfection. Right from the earliest is the most famous of the international (also called vintages this wine won acclaim from international ubiquitous) varieties, the kind that succeeds in critics who continue to consider it a reference among giving its best whatever the territory, retaining the the fi nest Italian wines. Brightly hued, intensely characteristics making it recognizable. Th e aptitude scented, underscored with a hint of vanilla and of Ca’ del Bosco terroir enables Chardonnay to fi nd a characteristic note of hazelnut, its taste is full and here an adopted homeland par excellence, thanks rotund, with the intense structure that makes it to the temperate Franciacorta climate. Since comparable to a red wine, yet it lingers in your senses 1983, its fi rst vintage, this Chardonnay has been for its extraordinary fi nesse.

Pinéro

Challenge. Pinot Nero, Pinot Noir, is the bane and notable day-night temperature fl uctuations, allows delight of the greatest grape-growers in the world: the grapes to ripen slowly, elegantly developing a vine diffi cult to cultivate, it needs special care and delightful aromas and retaining acidity, an element is a rare success, managing to express all its greatness essential to balanced evolution and a guarantee only in certain environments and not every year. of timeless pleasure. Th e result is a true and truly Ca’ del Bosco took up the gauntlet and since 1983 seductive Pinot Nero, with characteristic bouquet has been making this world-class Pinot Nero, an hinting at red currant, blueberry, blackberry and expression of the terroir’s extraordinary vocation. raspberry. Mellow in taste, elegant and complex, Franciacorta’s cool and temperate climate, with with extraordinary persistence.

Where art, nature and elegance come together

Photo on the left: Flavio Bonetti Photo on the right: Helmuth Newton

Surrounded by woodlands and 160 hectares of Sun Gate, is the sculptured gateway to discovering vineyards, crisscrossed by streams and bridges a world of enchantment and extraordinary emotions. Ca’ del Bosco welcomes visitors to its beautiful How not to be amazed at the hyper-realism of cellars. It is a magical theatre in which nature Stefano Bombardieri’s Th e Weight of Suspended celebrates and enhances art, a marvellous testimony Time, a life-size rhinoceros hovering in mid-air? Not to man’s ability to reach the soul of whoever gives to mention the Heroes of Light, by the sculptor Igor rein to their feelings. A fairy-tale setting for events Mitoraj, or Genetic Code by the sculptress Rabarama. and meetings, where hospitality and enticement Ca’ del Bosco, a “garden of art” devoted to the most envelop guests. A work of art, Arnaldo Pomodoro’s civilized of tastes. Photo: Giuseppe La Spada

Th e Metodo Ca’ del Bosco

Photo on the left: Giuseppe La Spada Photo on the right: Eikoh Hosoe

It is nature’s decision. Nature shows the way to Th e cleaner the grapes, the purer the wine. Crushing transform wine into art. But human hands and skill in the absence of oxygen is followed by fermentation in expedite the transformation. Th e Metodo Ca’ del Bosco small oak barrels or vats. Gravity transfer of musts and is comparable to no other. It’s an individual, idealistic wines is eff ected with the help of two “fl ying tanks”. Every and perhaps even inspirational take on the Metodo detail is crucial. Controlled environments, cutting-edge Franciacorta. “Tradition” does not mean standing still technology and tools, innovative design. Th e deft use of in sterile adoration of the past. It means combining wood. Lees contact is extended and bottle closures are innovation with naturalness and quality, aspiring to meticulously monitored. Ca’ del Bosco’s own specially create a truly noble wine that exalts its variety and designed bottling and disgorgement lines avoid terroir. As soon as the grapes are picked, using special oxidative stress. Individually marked bottles ensure cases, they are graded and chilled. Each bunch is complete traceability. Th e underground stone cellars selected by experienced eyes before being cosseted at are extensive; the care of the cellar hands devoted. Th is our “berry spa”, an exclusive air-bubble bunch-washing is how Ca’ del Bosco wines are created. More elegant. system that incorporates three soaking vats. More healthful. Longer-lived. And more natural.

Photo: Mimmo Jodice

Customized events

Photo on the left: Flavio Bonetti Photo on the right: Giuseppe La Spada

Ca’ del Bosco. Where every wine is a hymn to art, essential human component. Ca’ del Bosco testifi es to a masterpiece born of love and dedication, a magical a long tradition of conviviality. Here it is possible to and rapturous blend of taste, smell and sight. Drops create unique events, tailored to your needs. Unusual of infi nity, jewels of life, inspirers of emotions that venues, elegantly inviting and equipped with the latest strike the heart, thanks to works of art creating the multimedia technology, plus great wines and superb encha ntment of a n insta nt. Yet it is nature that envelops cuisine are the essential elements that make every the place, the lovely gentle contours of the peerless event memorable and special. Franciacorta landscape. All of it combined with the Photo: Flavio Bonetti

Photo on the left: Flavio Bonetti Photo on the right: Alice Springs

Th e man and his projects Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. Remember that our sons and our grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

Daniel Burnham

Ca’ del Bosco S.r.l. Società Agricola - Via Albano Zanella, 13 - 25030 Erbusco BS - Italia T. +39 030 7766111 F. +39 030 7268425 - [email protected] Italian Sales T. +39 030 7766115 - [email protected] Foreign Sales T. +39 030 7766118 - [email protected] Tours T. +39 030 7766136 - [email protected] Public Relations T. +39 030 7766123 - [email protected] www.cadelbosco.com Some of the photographs in this brochure are taken from the book “11 fotografi 1 vino”, published in 2004 by Skira.