Casa Coste Piane Sur Lie Prosecco NV
LESS IS MORE WINESGrape: Glera
Vintage: NV
Type: Sparkling
The flavor and texture of this wine are unmistakable. This is NOT your typical mass market Prosecco. This is a lovely subtle, artisanal product. This is a classic Italian product we are lucky it makes it to America. Soft, rounded, and unique. Creamy, it can pair with food, or on its own. Distinctive while unobtrusive. Just try it!
This is a highly drinkable, dry and lightly sparkling wine, with evident zest and minerality from its soil.
There is no disgorgement, so the lees remain in the bottle adding complexity and texture. There is cloudiness and some sediment in the bottle, like a true, old-fashioned col fondo Prosecco.
The wine can be decanted off of the deposit or poured as is.
Casa Coste Piane
Loris Follador is from a long line of farmers in Valdobbiadene. Their vineyards, featuring 60+ year old vines, are absurdly steep and the soil is very shallow.
The Folladors are well aware of this fortunate legacy and treat it with the reverence and respect it deserves. No herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers are used. It’s impossible to plow here, but it’s really not necessary with vines of this age; they’ve long ago found their sources deep within the stone formation below.
Hand harvesting of course. Most importantly, the focus on the vinification and the cellar work is to express, as simply and directly as possible, the potential minerality and the terroir of these vines.
Prosecco "Frizzante…Naturalmente" undergoes no physical or chemical treatment during vinification or bottling and this means the wine remains alive and in constant evolution as the natural yeasts in the bottle continue to work.