San Fermo Prosecco Superior Brut

San Fermo makes an outstanding aperitif, but it pairs beautifully as well with antipasti and with vegetable and fish first courses.

The glera grapes are cultivated in Carpesica area, in limestone-clay soils rich in morainic deposits from the ancient Piave glacier that descended from the Fadalto saddle between Mount Pizzoc and Mount Visentin. The vineyards, facing south-southwest at an average elevation of 180 metres, are planted to an average density of 4,000 vines per hectare and are trained largely to Sylvoz but to the double-arched cane system as well. Harvest generally occurs in the second half of September and the vineyard yield averages 85 hl/ha. The weather is mild, with cold winters and summers that are warm, but never muggy, and with consistent breezes. The day-night temperature differentials are significant, particularly in the summer.

After the clusters are de-stemmed and the grapes gently pressed, the must is gravity-settled then fermented at 18-20°C. The wine matures sur lie from 1 to 3 months. The second fermentation is performed in accord with the Italian method, in 100hl steel pressure fermenters for a period of some 2 months.

Bellenda is a family company passionate about its wine-making heritage. The past is solid, secure, as the ground dense of our rows, nevertheless the future is liquid, researched, as the best fruit of our vineyards. Bellenda is the link between the two realities, the family-business that succeeded in condensing the wisdom of the soil in the richness of wine. A living challenge for the Cosmos to combine tradition and innovation with the goal of realizing the best expression of our wines. These DOCG superior grapes are restricted to a limited area of Valdobbiadene-Conegliano, including the vineyards of Carpesica, a family’s property. The winery and the vineyards are in Carpesica, a little hamlet of Vittorio Veneto, on the east-north side of DOCG area. The passion of our Oenologists for the Traditional Method opens the door to one of the first productions of Prosecco with Tradicional Method (Champagne) in the National and International Market.