Le Fraghe, Garganega Camporengo 2025

100% Garganega

Veneto, Italy

The whole clusters are placed in the press, with no de-stalking, and the free-run must amounts to only 55%. After a fermentation at 17°C in stainless steel, the wine rests on the fine lees in 50hl steel tanks until the following spring, when it is bottled.

Camporengo Garganega releases an appealing, elegantly balanced bouquet composed of floral essences of acacia and mimosa over a background of rich peach and apple, and concludes with nuances of pungent green pepper. The palate is notable for its
full body, excellent progression, and overall harmony. The finish compels attention for its elegant continuance of aromas introduced on the nose. Delicious with first courses of seasonal vegetables or seafood.

Le Fraghe is a charming, artisanal winery located in the heart of the small Bardolino appellation nestled between Lake Garda and Valpolicella. Matilde Poggi founded the winery with her inaugural 1984 vintage. Previously, her father had been selling their grapes to his brother who had his own winery. Coming from the relatively little-known appellation of Bardolino, she grew to prominence and became the president of FIVI, the Italian Federation of Independent Winegrowers, and later, that same federation’s parent entity for Europe, CEVI or European Confederation of Independent Winegrowers. The idea of these organizations is essentially to give a stronger voice, on the level of much larger wine corporations, when it comes to policy and politics within the winemaking world.

Le Fraghe in dialect means fragole or strawberries which are found among her vineyards. The soil at Bardolino is a glacial schist leftover from the glaciers that carved out lake Garda and helps to imbue a nice base of minerality to the wines. Poggi has been working organically since 2009.