Cà dei Frati Cuvee dei Frati Brut Metodo Classico NV
Type: Sparkling
Country: Italy
Region: Lombardy, Lugana
Grape Variety: Turbiana and Chardonnay
Alcohol Percentage: 13%
Viticulture: Organic Farming
Climate: Generally warm and temperate climate but mitigated by its close proximity to Lake Garda, with constant breeze that keeps the vineyards ventilated, ideal for healthy grape growing
Terroir: Vineyards grow on a soilbed of limestone and clay, cultivated with the simple and double Guyot system
Ageing: Direct pressing of the grapes with fermentation partly in steel. No malolactic fermentation. Aged for a minimum of 24 months on the lees, followed by 4 months in the bottle after disgorging
Color: Golden yellow with green highlights and fine effervescence
Nose: Fragrant to the nose, with hints of biscuits and hazelnut, hay and seasoned tobacco
Palate: The silky and creamy carbonate makes room for bright acidityon the palate. Perfect as an aperitif but also able to display all the versatility of the classic method when accompanying meals
About the Winery:
Ca’ dei Frati was founded in 1939 when patriarch Felice Dal Cero settled in Sirmione (Brescia province) on the Lombardy region side of the Lugana appellation. It’s called Ca’ dei Frati or “friar house,” because it was once owned by monks who grew grapes there. Soil types play a fundamental role in crafting Ca’ dei Frati’s fresh, minerality-driven wines. Lake Garda was created during the Eocene era, some 35 million years ago, by a melting glacier. As the melting ice flowed south from what we now call the Italian Alps, it also brought with its glacial detritus.
Today, these rocky and pebbly “morainic” soils are ideal for the production of fine wine. Because the roots of the vines have to work harder to find the water table in the well-drained soils, their fruit production became more vigorous. As a result, the grape berries are richer in aroma and flavour, with more complexity and depth. Ca’ dei Frati manages 200 hectares planted to vine, accounting for 10 percent of DOC Lugana’s production.
