Verduzzo Friulano DOC - Vendrame

Verduzzo is a grape that was commonly found in Veneto and Friuli but slowley started to dissapear over the last 30 years. It was used to make a semi sparkling white and blended with Glera to make Prosecco. We decided to give our Verduzzo a new lease of life and thus decided to make a aromatic dessert wine from it. Grapes are selected and harvested by hand during the last week of October thus undergoing a natural appasimento on the vine. Soil type is argilaceous and gravelly and plant density is 4000 vines per hectar.

VENDRAME VIGNIS DEL DOGE, a family-run business, is located in the heart of Friuli Venezia Giulia (province of Udine), precisely in a small but well known village: Passariano. The Vendrame family has been devoted to farming since many generations. In 1997 Elia, with the help of his sons Gino and Simone, established Vendrame Vignis del Doge. The firm with 50 hectares, half of them as vineyards, is right in the center of the renowned Doc Friuli Grave region that flourishes in the middle of a rich valley enclosed by the Pre-Alps, in the north, and the Adriatic sea, in the south.