Loredan Gasparini
Metodo Classico Brut
| Denomination | VSQ |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.0% by volume |
| Area | Veneto (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
Description
Since the 1970s we have been trying to make a Metodo Classico that could give evidence of the value of our terroir. In fact then, in the 1980s, it deserved one of the highest scores ever given to an Italian sparkling wine by the prestigious American magazine Wine Spectator. Today Loredan Gasparini’s sparkling wine tradition continues with this Metodo Classico from Chardonnay grapes.
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Serve at:
06 - 08 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
- Start up year: 1951
- Oenologist: Mauro Rasera
- Bottles produced: 350.000
- Hectares: 60
We are at Venegazzù, in the western part of the Montello. Ours is a story of men. The first of these was Count Piero Loredan Gasparini, a direct descendant of Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice – the city’s highest office – who in fact chose to retire to Vinegazzù. Piero Loredan Gasparini was a charismatic figure who, after making a visit to Bordeaux in France, decided to bring Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc, and Malbec to the Montello area, in order to produce a new wine that he could tell the whole world about. He turned his dream into reality, to the extent that, in the 1960s, it even won over French President Charles De Gaulle. In 1973, the baton passed to Giancarlo Palla, who has made a similarly important contribution to the area. Above all by bringing to the zone, which was traditionally linked with red wines, the culture of sparkling wine production. He was the first to realise that the Montello is an extraordinary site not only for full-bodied, long-lived wines, on which he continues to focus, but also for vibrant sparkling wines.
As long ago as the ’70s, he began producing a Metodo Classico wine with the aid of a consulting oenologist from Champagne, a region for which he harbours a real passion. To this he added experimentation with Prosecco, which he was one of the first to produce and for which he fought hard for the obtainment of the D.O.C. (in 1977) and of the Asolo Prosecco Superiore D.O.C.G., in 2009.
It was also Giancarlo Palla who sought recognition for Venegazzù as the only subzone of the D.O.C.G., today considered a real cru and produced only by Loredan Gasparini. Giancarlo was then joined by his sons Alberto and Lorenzo, who today run the company along with their father, with whom they are embarking on new projects. Read more
| Name | Loredan Gasparini Metodo Classico Brut |
|---|---|
| Type | White green classic method sparkling wine brut |
| Denomination | VSQ |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Vendor | Loredan Gasparini |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |