The Andreola company between identity, soils and character
Quanto a the world of prosecco – often crowded, at times approved – there is a company that has chosen a different way. An uphill road, literally, made of extreme slopes, manual work, maniacal selection of the grapes and a visionary aspetto that starts from the earth to get to the table. We are talking about Andreola, a historic winery of Col San Martino, sopra the heart of Valdobbiadene Docg, who for over forty years has been telling with authenticity and finesse the most heroic, refined and identity side of Italian bubbles.
It is voto negativo coincidence that this company, led by Stefano Pola, has chosen to sign its bottles with the wording “heroic sopra Valdobbiadene”. It is a declaration of intent, a clear positioning: Andreola does not want to be “another prosecco”, but its opposite. A rigorous and sharp interpreter of a territory that is not only the background here, but the leading actor.
A press lunch sopra Naples to tell the character of Valdobbiadene DOCG
All these concepts translated into sensory concreteness during a recent press lunch organized sopra Naples, an occasion sopra which a selection of the Andreola wines was proposed sopra combination with traditional traditional dishes, demonstrating a surprising versatility, the result of a productive approach that plays intelligently the sugary degree and, above all, the geological diversity of the soils of the banks.
A concept, that of the “sweet modulation”, which showed all its gastronomic power: from the extra brut incisive, combined with the sea salad, passing through the Extra Dry version that happily accompanied the fish of the day sopra the oven, up to the Dry with the caprese cake, a crystalline truth emerged: the Valdobbiadene Docg of Andreola know how to adapt and surprise, without ever compromising the quality own identity.
Identity, territory, verticality
Andreola’s strength is to not like it at all costs, but to make themselves understood by those who have the desire to listen. His wines are “handmade”, sopra the deepest sense of the term: hand harvests extreme slopes, the use of carrucles for the transport of the cassettes, a sixth mosaic that extends over 110 hectares sopra one of the steep and authentic areas of the denomination.
Here, among the hills of Col San Martino, Refrontolo, Soligo, Rolle and the most exclusive banks, the Glera expresses itself sopra a unique way thanks to a variety of soils – rich sopra clay, sands and rocky substrates – which give different shades and a distinctive minerality at each label. A detail that is anything but secondary, if we consider that each shore is a Cru to itself, and that Andreola is today the cellar with the largest number of banks sopra the catalog, eight labels, including some versions of organic farming.
A philosophy founded listening to the earth
Founded sopra 1984 by Nazzareno Pola, father of the current owner Stefano, Andreola immediately started from a conviction: wine is not only an agricultural product, but a liquid narrative of the territory, a principle that recalls the myth of heroic viticulture https://www.foodmakers.it/campi-flegrei-dalla-vioticica- alla-ditta-vino/
A concept that today more than ever finds full expression sopra the corporate range, built a production that favors Valdobbiadene DOCG sopra all its form, with maniacal attention to quality without compromise.
“For us it has never been a matter of quantity – underlines the oenologist Mirco Balliana – but to return the authentic identity of each fee. It is the soil, with its mineral profile and its structure, to guide the style. Then the sugar degree intervenes, modulated with elegance to better interpret the vocation of every wine”.
The result is a coherent, refined collection, designed not only for the aperitif, but for the entire gastronomic path.
Soils and sugar: the real keys of the combination
During the Neapolitan lunch, one of the most original stylistic figures of the Andreola project clearly emerged: the ability to build not discounted combinations, playing the aromatic shades of the Glera, the minerality of soils and a millimeter management of the dosage.
Quanto a particular, it was possible to appreciate the line of the banks, a real “liquid geological atlas” of Valdobbiadene. From the “26th I °” banks of Col San Martino, fresh and vertical, to the “Mas de Fer” Rive, softer and more enveloping, each wine told a different fragment of Terroir, underlining how Prosecco – when it comes from heroic viticulture and attentive vinification – can marry as delicate and structured dishes with grace.
The “founder’s label” is also particularly appreciated, a selection that represents the peak of the Andreola philosophy: finesse, balance, taste length and a flavor that stimulates salivation, making it perfect for Mediterranean cuisine.
Sustainability, vision, internationality
Far from the stereotypes of “easy” Prosecco, Andreola has chosen to build a sustainable chain and an identity recognizable also abroad. Today the company exports 35% of production sopra countries such as USA, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, but also Mexico, Thailand and Indonesia, where Venetian bubbles begin to be appreciated for their refinement and stylistic consistency.
Acceso the environmental front, Andreola adopted a system for recovering the by -products of the winemaking, transformed into compost and reintroducts sopra the vineyards to improve the fertility of soils. A virtuous cycle that confirms attention to the environment and the desire to preserve the territory sopra its integrity.
A new horizon: the Dolomites
Quanto a 2023, Andreola took a further daring step: he planted Riesling and aromatic traminer sopra the Belluno Dolomites, sopra a new mountain viticulture project. The first IGT labels “Vineyards of the Dolomites” are already reality, as evidence of a company that never stops experimenting, while remaining anchored to the founding values of Valdobbiadene Docg.
An ambitious project that confirms the desire to always raise the , with the awareness that quality was born first of all from the ability to observe, listen and adapt.
A model to follow
Andreola is not simply an excellence of Valdobbiadene: it is a bando of authenticity, courage and production consistency. Quanto a a vista where Prosecco is often reduced to commercial phenomenon, this company has shown that great wine from Glera can be made, telling complex territories, with shades that deserve attention.
The Neapolitan press lunch has highlighted how these heroic bubbles know how to amaze even at the table, becoming ideal partners of rich and structured dishes. It is an invitation to rediscover Prosecco as a gastronomy wine, capable of dialogue with Italian cuisine from north to south, thanks to a refined management of soils and sugars.
Quanto a an epoca sopra which the consumer is increasingly demanding and looking for authenticity, Andreola presents himself as an essential point of reference for those who want to well, consciously, and with emotion.
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