Prosecco Doc Frizzante Col Fondo Domini de Leone

Here we are getting traditional.

“Col Fondo” is the ancestor of Prosecco and it is made as our grandfathers did.

We start from a base white wine made with Glera grapes and make it ferment for a second time directly in the bottles, without any disgorging. The yeasts remain in the bottle forming a deposit on the bottom.

The long contact with the yeasts makes this Prosecco particularly savoury, with a fresh bread aroma and a delicate perlage.

That creates a unique combination with the mineral feeling of our wines from Venice mainland vineyards. They are all planted on Caranto soil, a compact maritime clay stratification with calcareous nodules, which started forming in the Pleistocene era (don’t try to count back, it was between 11 thousand and 2,5 million years ago). If you want to learn more, you can visit our Venice mainland estate page.

We suggest letting the deposit lay down before serving, but (if you are feeling wild) you can decide to pour the wine slightly turbid as it is.