Prosecco Valdobbiadene Superiore DOCG Extra Brut La Rivetta 120, Villa Sandi

Tasting Notes

It has a brilliant straw yellow colour with marked greenish glints and a fine and delicate perlage. The aroma recalls hints of Granny Smith apple, wisteria and acacia flowers. The taste is fresh and fragrant with a particularly fruity aromatic return.

Food Matches

Perfect aperitif but also great with canapes or panettone.

Vinification

Villa Sandi pride themselves on gorwing some of the best Glera grapes used for Prosecco - they are picked by a combination of machine and hand depending on the vineyard, and the grapes taken to their state of the art winery where the grapes are pressed, and the juice transferred into tanks for the first fermentation in steel temperature controlled conditions. The first ferment produces a naturally fruity yet crisp light wine, which is then transferred under pressure into a second tank where the wine is inocculated with yeast and sugar to start a secondary alcoholic fermentation - after which the now sparkling yet cloudy wine is transferred under pressure into a third tank for filtering and clarification, before transfer to another holding area ready for batch bottling. This is the unique 'Charmat,' or Tank method - where the wine is transferred through a series of stages, each designed to produce a top quality sparkling wine. Unusually for Prosecco, this Millisimato is a rare single vintage Prosecco which is characterised by a finer mousse, and a more intense, crisper style with less residual sugar and is stored on the lees for a longer duration to give body and depth.