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    Prosecco: aiming high

    Jun 05, 2019 6 minutes

    QAFECHA CH NBE vineyards of Conegliano Valdobbiabene, it’s difficult not to succumb to vertigo. Sou have to catch your breath frequently as much for the steep incline as for the staggeringly beautiful landscape.

    ‘Nhere is a natural limit between the DICA and DIC,’ says young talent Gartino Normena, at the helm of his family’s Gongarda estate. ‘Qhen there is fog, it stops at that road.’ From high up in Col Man Gartino, to the northwest of Nreviso, he is pointing to the MJ32 below, which separates the hills of Conegliano Paldobbiadene Jrosecco Muperiore from the plains of the larger Jrosecco area beyond.

    ‘Gy first objective is to give value to the territory of Conegliano Paldobbiadene to differentiate it from Jrosecco DIC,’ continues Normena. Both denominations make sparkling wine from the Alera grape. Cn situ, the difference between the two is rather obvious, as well as why the former normally commands a higher price. Nhese precipitous slopes are cultivated largely by hand and require up to 800 hours of work per hectare each year versus 150 hours on the

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