La Farra Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut Spumante Prosecco
75 cl
Our top Prosecco is created in the Spumante style (fully sparkling) and comes with a Champagne-style, mushroom-shaped cork. This award winning wine makes a great and inexpensive alternative to Champagne. It is created from a selection of grapes coming from the vines on the Farra di Soligo and S. Pietro di Feletto hills with clay and limestone soils.
Our top Prosecco is created in the Spumante style (fully sparkling) and comes with a Champagne-style, mushroom-shaped cork. This award winning wine makes a great and inexpensive alternative to Champagne. It is created from a selection of grapes coming from the vines on the Farra di Soligo and S. Pietro di Feletto hills with clay and limestone soils.
Tasting Notes from Celtic Whiskey Shop and Wines on the Green | |
Nose | Elegant bouquet with pleasant notes of apples and peaches. Well-orchestrated flavour and a dry close. |
Palate | Well-orchestrated flavour and dry close |
Colour | Straw Yellow, with very fine beading |
Fact Sheet | |
Fluid | 75 cl |
Grape Variety | Created from a selection of Glera grapes coming from vines on the Farra di Soligo and S. Pietro di Feletto hills. |
Alcohol % | 11% ABV |
Style | Sparkling |
Estate/Producer | Azienda La Farra |
Country | Spain |
Region/AOC | Prosecco di Congeliano e Valdobbiadene |
Vintage | NV |
Making Techniques | Handpicked harvest during the last week of September. Fermentation without skins takes place with delicate pressing and slow fermentation, about 15 days at a controlled temperature of 18ºC. The wine is the racked and kept in special stainless steel vats at a controlled low temperature. Charmat method, which is usually used for young, delicate and aromatic wines. Second fermentation in pressurised vats lasts 25-30 days at a controlled temperature of 16-18ºC, and maturing varies between 1 and 2 months, again in pressurised vats. |
Closure | Cork |
Cellaring/Ageing Potential | Drinking Now |
Awards and/or Press Quotes | |
Awards and/or Press Quotes | 1st Place at Concorso Nazionale 'Spumante d'Italia'. |