Montenisa Conte Aymo
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Excellent alongside roasted pheasant or poultry, rich seafood such as grilled lobster, and aged Italian cheeses like Parmigiano-Reggiano.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the rolling hills of Franciacorta in Lombardia, Tenuta Montenisa is an estate steeped in history, formerly owned by the noble Maggi family. The 'Conte Aymo' cuvée pays homage to Count Aymo Maggi, a legendary local figure and one of the visionary founders of the historic Mille Miglia open-road car race. Crafted primarily from Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) grapes grown in the morainic soils near Lake Iseo, this Metodo Classico sparkling wine represents the pinnacle of Lombardian craftsmanship. It undergoes secondary fermentation in the bottle followed by extended aging on its lees, developing a sophisticated profile characterized by vibrant acidity, structured minerality, and elegant notes of red berries, white flowers, and toasted brioche.
🍾 About the Producer
Marchesi Antinori is one of the world's most storied winemaking dynasties, tracing its commercial viticultural heritage to 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori matriculated into Florence's Arte dei Vinattieri. Spanning twenty-six generations, the family revolutionized modern Italian viticulture under Marchese Piero Antinori and legendary enologist Giacomo Tachis, catalyzing the Super Tuscan revolution with the pioneering release of Tignanello in 1971. Antinori commands an unrivaled tapestry of microclimates across Central Italy, encompassing the galestro and albarese marls of Chianti Classico at Tenuta Tignanello and Badia a Passignano, the maritime gravels of Bolgheri at Guado al Tasso, and the fossiliferous clay-limestone soils of Umbria at Castello della Sala. In the cellar, CEO and chief enologist Renzo Cotarella orchestrates a balance of precision, clonal selection, and judicious French oak barrique maturation. Antinori's benchmark wines—including the Sangiovese-driven Tignanello, the Cabernet-dominated Solaia, and the benchmark Umbrian Chardonnay blend Cervaro della Sala—stand as definitive monuments of Italian winemaking refinement.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay, Pinot Nero, Pinot Bianco