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NATURAL WINES BY MONGARDA
Mongarda is the Tormena family estate in Col San Martino, in the steep Valdobbiadene-Conegliano hills of the Veneto. Bruno Tormena went full-time with his wife Marinella in 1978. Their son Martino has run it since 2011. The vineyards sit at 350 to 370 metres across four villages, on poor, rocky lime soils, and some vines date from the 1950s. Old local grapes like Perera, Verdiso, Bianchetta and Boschera grow among the Glera and are picked and fermented with it.
Whole bunches are pressed gently to avoid bitterness, and every first fermentation runs on wild yeast. The Extra Dry Prosecco gets its bubbles in pressure tanks, the usual Charmat method, and keeps a touch more sweetness than a Brut. The Col Fondo is the older style: it ferments a second time in the bottle with the yeast left in, so it pours cloudy, with no added sulphur.
