“Cuvée del Fondatore Graziano Merotto” Prosecco Spumante di Valdobbiadene Superiore Rive di Col San Martino DOCG 2025 brut

Casa Vinicola Merotto | Veneto
Casa Vinicola Merotto s.n.c. | Via Scandolera 21 | IT 31010 Col San Martino

03330325 · 0,75 l · 29,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

In 1973, Graziano Merotto bought plot 86 in the Rive di Col San Martino – an overgrown piece of hillside, still covered with forest. He cleared it with his own hands, planted Glera and began to shape the vineyard that would one day become his most important. Over fifty years later, this wine bears his name. The Cuvée del Fondatore is made exclusively from that historic plot – 230 metres, south-facing, clay and sand, vines over 40 years old. What Graziano Merotto decides in the cellar is unusual: mash contact before pressing – a step that most producers skip – the must then goes directly into the autoclave, undergoes a second fermentation for 60 days and then matures on its own yeasts for a further 180 days. Almost nine months from must to bottle, a comparatively long time for a Prosecco Superiore. 33,000 bottles, 670 magnum bottles, 10 Jéroboams.

Pale straw yellow with green reflections and a silky perlage of a fineness that is rarely seen. Fresh and mineral on the nose – white fruit, citrus blossom, a hint of chalk – precise and with a stillness that signifies concentration. Agile and fresh on the palate, with a pronounced minerality and elegant residual sugar of 6.9 g/l, which is barely noticeable – and a long, lively finish. A Prosecco that perfectly represents the biography of its maker and rightly bears his name. SUPERIORE.DE