In the glass
Aroma: yellow peach, candied citrus, brioche, toasted hazelnut, honey
Palate: yellow apple, lemon curd, patisserie cream, saline minerality
Monte Rossa's prestige Millesimato Cabochon, the cellar's flagship single-vintage. Sixty months on lees deliver patisserie cream and a saline finish from the moraine hills.
What it pairs with
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Risotto al tartufo bianco
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Sixty months on lees give the wine the autolytic creaminess to carry white truffle's musky aromatics over Carnaroli rice. -
Capesante in crosta
Pan-seared scallops in a herb crust find a foil in the wine's patisserie cream and toasted hazelnut. -
Aged Bagòss
Brescia's mountain cow's cheese with crystalline salt mirrors the saline minerality; honey aromatics echo the cheese rind.
History
Cabochon is Monte Rossa's prestige Millesimato, launched in the mid-1980s and named after the cabochon gemstone-cut. Now the cellar's most-recognised flagship.
- 1986 — First Cabochon vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Monte Rossa
- Grapes
- Chardonnay (80%), Pinot Nero (20%)
- Classification
- DOCG Franciacorta Millesimato Brut
- Oak
- Vinified partly in small French oak barrels; minimum 60 months on lees in bottle
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 60 to 90 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2-15 from disgorgement
- First vintage
- 1986
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)
Frequently asked about Monte Rossa Cabochon Brut
What does Monte Rossa Cabochon taste like?
Yellow peach, candied citrus, brioche, toasted hazelnut and honey on the nose; yellow apple, lemon curd, patisserie cream and saline minerality on the palate. Full-bodied with high acidity and a long finish from 60 months on lees.
Why is the wine called Cabochon?
Cabochon refers to the gemstone-cut where the stone is polished but not faceted. The name signals a polished, jewel-like Millesimato; the bottle uses a distinctive blue-glass design.
When should I drink Cabochon?
Drink between 2 and 15 years from disgorgement. The patisserie autolysis and saline minerality deepen between 6 and 10 years from disgorgement.