VALDOBBIADENE PROSECCO SUPERIORE DOCG CARTIZZE DRY

The Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Cartizze Dry of Costaruél represents the pinnacle of the Lovadina family's production — a wine from the Cartizze subzone, the most celebrated and most historically recognised cru within the entire Prosecco DOCG territory. The Cartizze hill — a specific steep vineyard area of approximately 107 hectares near the town of Valdobbiadene — produces a Prosecco of unmistakably superior character, shaped by its specific soil composition, its exposure, and its altitude, that has earned it a recognition comparable in the Prosecco world to that of a Premier Cru within the Champagne system.

The wine's aristocratic elegance — the estate's characterisation — is delivered through a rich bouquet of notes of apple, apricot, pear, and rose with great elegance: a bouquet of inconfondibili peculiarità (unmistakable qualities) that the Cartizze terroir imparts to the Glera grape with a consistency and a character that ordinary Prosecco soils cannot replicate. The straw yellow colour with dense mousse and fine perlage announces the wine's quality before the nose is engaged.

On the palate, the wine is aromatic, soft, and fresh — fruity and full-flavoured in a way that reflects both the ripeness of the Cartizze-grown Glera and the specific terroir influence that gives the fruit its particular depth and aromatic intensity. This is Prosecco at its most complete, its most aristocratic, and its most distinctly territorial.

The Gocce di Perle concept finds its most appropriate application here: drops of pearls as precious sips to savour is not merely a marketing phrase but an accurate description of what the Cartizze Dry delivers — wine of genuine preciousness that rewards the attention it receives.

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