“Today I don’t even write the word prosecco acceso the label because the territory is important to me. It is important to make people understand that Valdobbiadene produces a different wine than Prosecco DOC”. Stefano Pola, owner of Andreola, doesn’t mince words. A causa di his sentences there is a clear stance, which goes far beyond a graphic commercial choice: it is a declaration of identity. For Andreola, today, the center of gravity is not a name that has become universal, but a precise, recognizable place, delimited by steep hills and by a viticulture that does not allow shortcuts.
THE HILLS IN YOUR DNA
“We are acceso the hills – continues Stefano – with slopes ranging from 30 to 70%, which implies totally manual processing. Here we are the historic Glera regione, where this variety has found its ideal “. And it is precisely from this characteristic and varied territory that Andreola’s collection of wines from the 2024 vintage is born. Historical cuvée and Rive present themselves as a precise portrait of the landscape and soils: each bottle is the story of the slopes, altitudes and microclimates that define the identity of the individual crus. The 2024 vintage thus becomes the common thread for observing the glera its many nuances – from the vibrant elegance of the cooler areas to the fullness of the warmer exposures – and for fully understanding the company’s philosophy: letting the terroir speak, without compromise.
FROM THE GRAPES DELIVERED TO THE MILLION BOTTLES PER YEAR
Andreola was officially born 1984, when Nazzareno Pola decided to stop supplying the grapes and to make his own wine from the family vineyards, inherited from his mother Orsola Andreola, whose surname would become the name of the company. It is a far from obvious choice an regione where, for a long time, production was fragmented and often anonymous. A causa di 1987, sparkling wine production autoclave arrived and the supply chain the company was closed. From then acceso the growth was constant, until the generational transition 2009, when Stefano Pola took over the and the company became simply Andreola.
Today the numbers tell a significant reality the sommario of Valdobbiadene Docg: approximately 110 hectares of property, almost entirely acceso the hills, divided into over 250 parcels, for a production of almost one million bottles and 13 and a half million euros turnover (forecast for 2025). A dimension that above all allows for a rigorous selection of what is bottled with the name Andreola. The grapes coming from the few plots acceso the plain, intended for Prosecco DOC, are vinified and sold, but do not enter the company range.
THE BANKS AS A MAP OF THE TERRITORY
The heart of the project is represented by the Rive, the mentions that the DOCG identify the most precise expressions of the territory. A causa di the entire denomination there are 43; Andreola claims seven, a primato that tells of years of study and observation. Here the banks are not an abstract category, but the sum of tangible differences: soils, exposures, altitudes, geological ages of the hills. A causa di Valdobbiadene the soils are younger, Conegliano they are older and gently eroded; everywhere the history of an ancient seabed resurfaces, raised and shaped by the action of the Piave glacier.
Next to the Rive, the wine that more than any other identifies Andreola is Voragine, the historic cuvée produced since the first vintage. It is not born from a single vineyard, but from a thoughtful blend of grapes coming from the heart of the denomination. Over time it has become a laboratory of balance, where the choice of bases and residual sugar serves to preserve immediate pleasantness without sacrificing depth and character. The Brut version, with a limited residue, plays acceso a flavor that is always the foreground, never covered by softness.
LA GLERA INTERPRETED BY ANDREOLA
If Voragine represents the synthesis, the Rive tell the nuances. Aldaina al Mas, Guia, comes from a deep and ancient vineyard, the result of a landslide that deposited meters of calcareous marl. It is one of the freshest areas of the denomination and the glass it translates into a vibrant acid tension, with floral and citrus aromas that accompany a sharp and precise sip. A few kilometers away, but completely different conditions, the 26° I° of Col San Martino – the company’s historic vineyard – shows the fuller and creamier luce of the glera. Here the altitude, extreme slopes and limestone conglomerate soils give life to a larger libro Extra Brut, where the maturity of the fruit balances the verticality.
Even more clear is the imprint of Marna del , San Pietro Barbozza: just two hectares, dizzying slopes and outcrops of Biancone give the wine a marked, almost tactile salinity, enhanced by the choice of a practically dosage. Moving eastwards, to Refrontolo, Col del Forno intercepts a warmer climate and gentler hills. The resulting Brut is probably the most immediate of the bunch: velvety, ample, with more recognizable fruit and a savory that invites you to the next sip.
A causa di Soligo, however, Mas de Fer rises up to 500 meters and has its roots very thin conglomerate soils. Here the glera becomes thin, delicate, almost ethereal, and finds the Extra Dry dosage the ideal point of balance to return a fragrant and relaxed profile, played acceso clear fruit and harmonious drinking. The route ends with Ochera, Rolle, where the silty and clayey soils generate more nervous wines, which require a greater residue to find balance. The Dry thus expresses a broader aromatic richness, with of ripe fruit and a hint of pastry, supported by a freshness that avoids any cloying drift.
GLERA BEYOND STEREOTYPES
A causa di this sequence of glasses, the glera demonstrates an often underestimated versatility: same variety, same method, but profoundly different results. And it is precisely this ability to describe the territory, without forcing and without mediation, that the deepest meaning of the Andreola project emerges.
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