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NATURAL WINES BY SASSARA
Sassara is Alessia and Stefano Bertaiola, farming around 10 hectares at Valeggio sul Mincio, on the moraine hills just south of Lake Garda. Stefano's family worked this land for generations, and the couple took it over in 2007, when it was still called Monte dei Roari. Soils mix glacial moraine and old marine deposits, many vines are over 60 years old, and nearly all the grapes are local, from Corvina and Rossanella to Garganega and Trebbianello.
They want wines that taste of the place and its people, bright and juicy rather than the heavy, over-extracted style the region is known for. Ferments are wild and unchilled, in steel, fibreglass and concrete, with minimal sulphur. Esotico co-ferments more than ten red and white grapes, Coconar Orange spends about 60 days on skins, and Goto Bardolino is a light cherry red. The Vin Da Cagnara litres are for everyday drinking.
