A frizzante from Catarratto by Aldo Viola. Produced according to the metodo ancestrale, i.e. by secondary fermentation in the bottle without subsequent disgorging and dosing.
There are several possible explanations for the BRUTTO (Italian for ugly) in the name and the duck on the label.
Firstly...
data sheet
Grape variety: 80% Glera, 20% Moscato
Vineyard: From volcanic rock
reading: By hand
Fermentation: Spontaneous | wild yeast
expansion: Fermented in the bottle
Filtration: No
SO₂:
Alcohol content: 11.5% vol.
Closure: Natural corks
Drinking temperature: 8-10 ° C
Perfect dr...
Celebrate festivals as they fall. To be equipped accordingly, we put together a package that - red, white, rosé, frizzante & spumante, ancestral & traditional - should have the right answer ready for all occasions.
1. Ca 'de noci querciole 2019: A Frizzante made of Emilia made from the Autochthon...
Barranco Oscuro: Ensayo de Burbujas Brut Nature 2016
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For centuries, Vigiriega was one of the most important white grape varieties in the south of Spain. It was at home on the Canary Islands and in the area around Granada, but then phylloxera came and killed it off - for good. The fact that it exists again today is due in part to Manuel Valenzuela,...
Lambrusco is a single big misunderstanding that fades into several small ones. One of the smaller ones is, for example, that Lambrusco is the same as Lambrusco is called, it is said that a single grape variety is made. Instead, Lambrusco is a grape family family that consists of many different me...
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Gianluca Bergianti incor...
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Data sheet
Grape variety: Chardonnay (85%), Boschera (15%)
Vineyard: clay
Harvest: by hand
Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts in steel tanks
Ageing: in the bottle, neither disgorged nor racked
Filtration: no
SO₂: < 50mg/l
Alcohol content: 13%
Closure: cork
Drinking temperature: 8-10 °C
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Pinot Nero has an astonishingly long tradition in the Veneto. This has a lot to do with the lively exchange between monasteries, which founded a kind of World Wine Web in the Middle Ages and brought Pinot Noir (and a few other grape varieties) from France to the most remote corners of Europe - i...
Data sheet
Grape variety: Sgavetta
Vineyard: Situated at 150-230 metres. South-east exposure. Gravel-interspersed soils on a subsoil characterised mainly by sandstone and gypsum
Harvest: by hand in 15 kg crates
Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, fermented on the skins
Ageing: secondary fer...
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