CELLAR
Manuel Codello
Enotecnico
THE WINERY AND ITS VINEYARDS
The passion of Manuel, a winemaker and enotecnico, and his father Clement in their daily work in the cellar is perceptible every time one tastes one of their wines, an expression of the pedoclimatic specificities of the vintage.
We are a small company, but despite this we have the complete management of the entire wine chain: from the care and cultivation of the vine plants, to the grape harvest, to the vinification, to the bottling and sale.
The six hectares of vineyards we own in the municipality of Valdobbiadene are located at an altitude of 200 meters above sea level, on soils rich in clays and marls typical of the San Pietro di Barbozza area.
The soils are cultivated with care, respecting sustainable viticultural practices as per the Viticultural Protocol of Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG.
The vineyards have vines up to 150 years old and are all south-facing.
They are trained partly with the classic cappuccina, or “double overturned” system, and partly with sylvoz.
Pruning and harvesting are done exclusively by hand, to keep the bunches intact until the crushing stage.
In 2012, to enrich its production, the family purchased a farm in the province of Belluno, on the borders of the Belluno Dolomites National Park, in the municipality of Cesiomaggiore; land that had once been a reserve of oak trees for the Serenissima Republic of Venice and that over time was devoted to the cultivation of vines.
The four hectares of vineyards are located at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level, and the grape varieties grown here are pinot bianco, chardonnay and bianchetta.
Here, too, pruning and harvesting are done exclusively by hand to keep the grapes intact until the crushing stage.
For us, respect for the environment also translates into the use of clean energy for all machinery inside the winery, which is powered by our own photovoltaic source.
OUR WINE.
Prosecco Superiore di Valdobbiadene DOCG is made from the vinification of Glera grapes and a small percentage of the ancient Perera and Bianchetta grapes, all from the company's own vineyards.
Throughout the year, we take care to keep the vines and their ecosystem in balance by paying great attention to how we work the land and how we care for the plant through the adoption of the viticultural protocol defined by the DOCG Protection Consortium.”
After the harvest, in September, the grapes are softly pressed; the flower musts thus obtained, after a static decantation of 12-24 hours at a controlled temperature (10°C), are sent to alcoholic fermentation.
This phase lasts 10 days, in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature between 18 and 20°C.
A racking is then carried out and then the wine remains on its lees for the next three months.
After a natural settling, the wine is racked into an autoclave where sparkling or “presa di spuma” takes place, which lasts from two to five months.
Finally, bottling takes place.
The sparkling wine then ages in the bottle for another month before being released for sale.
In the Cesiomaggiore area, on the other hand, chardonnay and pinot bianco grapes are produced, with which our Cesia is created: a classic method on the lees with bottle re-fermentation and so-called zero dosage.
The altitude (500 m asl), very low yield (50-60 quintals per hectare) and high exposure to the sun make for an excellent base for the production of classic method sparkling wine.
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Cristina
THE TAVERN
La Taverna è il cuore della casa.
È la zona d’ingresso del Casale sede anche del B&B.
The main meeting and reception place, the large table in the center of the room gathers around it guests who come to the winery, B&B guests, winery customers, as well as friends, for an aperitif or a tasting.
The tavern is our place for meeting, conversation and getting to know each other, a space where friendships that last over time are also born.
This is where tastings of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG Prosecco Superiore take place, which is, in itself, an experience and of the wines produced from the Caesar Major grapes. We like to enrich it with a “narrated” tour of our vineyards and the grapes produced.
Guided tour and tasting are activities that we activate preferably by phone or web reservation.
We also offer events on a regular basis, dedicated from time to time to different types of wines and/or vintages.
Tavernetta & Wine shop
Telling about wine by telling about its territory. This is what we do at Roccat: we invite you to learn about Valdobbiadene through the tasting of its wines, starting with its main product, Prosecco Superiore DOCG.
In the winery we have created a special place for this, the Tavernetta, where you can taste and learn to appreciate our wines: both the sumptuous sparkling wines and the more characteristic “col fondo,” all the way to novelties, such as our classic method Cesia.
The Tavernetta was born, thanks to a skillful renovation, precisely as a meeting point between winery and guest, a space dedicated to tasting and purchasing Roccat products.