MONTEFORCHE
Vecchie Varietà 2024
Veneto, Italy
This wonderfully unique wine comes from a tiny, twenty year old vineyard planted with a selection of ancient heirloom varieties once common in the Colli Euganei. A true field blend, the varieites were harvested together and fermented on the skins for a week, with a small percentage of whole bunches in the mix. Aged in vats until the following spring, the result is perhaps the ultimate trattoria wine, the kind you can serve at cellar temperarture and drink with gusto alongside the region’s wonderful local fare.
Cavarara, Pataresca, Turchetta, Corbinona, Recantina
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Alfonso Soranzo makes wines from vineyards surrounding his home and cantina in the tiny hamlet of Zovon di Vò in the beautiful hills of the Colli Euganei.
Like many great vineyards in the Veneto, this was previously an area of significant volcanic activity and the fossilised soils that remain are perfect for growing its native grapes.
Like his ancestors before him, Alfonso tends his four and a half hectares of vines organically, undertaking all of the vineyard work himself. The approach in the cantina is decidedly old-school and unfussy. The wines are fermented and aged on their lees in concrete vats until the following spring, when they are bottled with no additions.
It is a humble, straightforward approach that produces honest, nourishing and delicious vino da tavola which are amongst the best in the genre.