Le Morette Metado Classico Brut

Founded by Gino Zenato in the early 60’s, this family winery was originally set up as a nursery to produce vine stock for the local area. In 1981 Gino’s son, Valerio, stepped into the company and it is his influence and skill that have brought the company to where it is today.

The Lugana DOC sits on the edge of Lake Garda in Northern Italy. The lake itself influences the vineyards, creating a more suitablie climate for growing grapes for high quality wines.

One of the things we love about Le Morette is the winery’s passion for environmental practices. They don’t use herbicides and synthetic fertilisers. They plant cover crops in the vineyards to attract the greatest number of insects for the benefit of vegetative balance. Irrigation is only used in emergencies They even make their own honey.

This Metodo Classico is the result of a long research which aim is to express the potentials of the area, from the Turbiana and Chardonnay varieties, produced only in the best vintages

A blend of 90% Turbiana (Verdicchio) with 10% Chardonnay.

Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks which are carefully temperature controlled. At the beginning of March the assembly and production takes place “mis en bouteille” with the addition of selected yeasts for the second fermentation.

The bottles are then left to rest in the cellars for at least 36 months.