Zanotto, Rivolto Spumante Prosecco NV

85% Glera, 15% Chardonnay

Veneto, Italy

Vineyards situated at the foot of the Asolo Hills of Treviso. This is an extra-dry spumante made via the Martinotti-Charmat method. Delicate yet vibrant, this is a wine versatile enough to pair with endless possibilities. VEGAN.

Perched on the hills over Conegliano, in the historic area of Prosecco, Riccardo Zanotto works his magic in his old family winery. Organic since their inception in 1984, Zanotto strives to make wines that act as a counterpoint to the mass-produced, recipe-style wines that have dominated for so many decades.

Zanotto owns 3 hectares of vines (predominantly planted with Glera), and they also work with a network of trusted organic growers. Riccardo, in particular, places a particular emphasis on the history of Marca Trevigiana. As he writes, “I would like those who drink a bottle of mine to be able to find in it the stories of yesteryear, those scents and character that made me fall in love with the places and traditions of the land where I was born and the ‘little pieces of Italy’ that I have passed through, loved, lived in.”

The wines are like people, each having its own personality and story. While his work with ancestral-method wines are the obvious punks and rapscallions of this big party, his charmat-method wines linger in the corner, in understated defiance. Brilliantly showcasing the way Prosecco is meant to act, with a purity and expressiveness that is only possibly through Riccardo’s gentle guidance.

Zanotto employs the Martinotti method, utilizing a “presa di spuma” (taking of foam) and a gentle and controlled temperature and pressure. Always pristine, and always spontaneous.