Cristiana Meggiolaro, “Sotocá Frizzante” 2016

Veneto, Italy. A sparkler of 85% Durello and 15% Garganega. There's a touch of RS and a softer bubble. 

Cristiana and Riccardo Meggiolaro are the husband-wife winemaking team behind their eponymous winery. Situated in northern Italy’s Veneto, amongst the Lessini Mountains (a pre-alps sierra just north of Verona and a natural border between the Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige). These are relatively old-vines of local grapes -- Durello and Garganega ~40 years old -- situated at good elevations and within reach of large and complex topographical systems: to the east Lake Garda, to the west the Adriatic, and to the south the ancient Po Valley. Wines of supreme freshness are hand-crafted here where the mountains meet the sky and sea.