Piera Dolza, Torchiato Di Fregona 2018 Treviso, Italy

Seven small winemakers who 10 years ago, associating themselves in the form of a cooperative, saved Torchiato from the risk of extinction by joining forces to present themselves under a single label: "Piera Dolza Torchiato di Fregona." Piera Dolza in Venetian dialect means sweet stone, because it is easy to work with. This exceptional passito comes from ancient vineyards in the foothills of the Bosco del Cansiglio, where traditional drying methods create a wine of extraordinary concentration and complexity.

Tasting Notes

The Torchiato di Fregona is a sweet wine with an intense golden yellow colour almost an amber that is bright and lively. It boasts a broad fragrant bouquet, rich in aromas of ripe fruit, jam, and withered and dried grape. Notes of apricots, raisins, dried fruit, but also figs and citrus fruit that evolve into subtle spices such as vanilla. In the mouth it is soft, intense and persistent. The acidity elegantly supports the high residual sugar never appearing overpowering: it is sweet but with a bitter aftertaste. A wine that is balanced and at the same time lively due to the high alcohol content.

Pairs With

Great meditation wine, to finish the lunch or to be paired with dry pastries, or mature and blue cheeses. It can accompany biscuits and small pastries in an exceptional way, but that does not fear the comparison even with fois gras and blue cheeses.