The 2008 Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero is 50-50 Pinot Nero and Chardonnay aged partly in wood and partly in stainless steel. The purity of the aromas is impressive and you can easily distinguish bright veins of citrus, stone fruit and freshly baked bread. Those fruit-forward nuances give the wine a smooth entry and a long, persistent finish. Drink: 2014-2019. Contadi Castaldi is one of the area’s most consistent producers of modern Franciacorta. Vittorio and Mariella Moretti founded the estate in the 1980s on the site of an abandoned brick factory. In fact, the underground cellars where the wines are now held once housed kilns for firing clay. Importer: Terra Moretti Trading USA; www.tmtrading-usa.com