Col Tamarie makes just one wine, and it could hardly be further from industrial Prosecco. From the highest hill of the Prosecco DOC, ringed entirely by woods, Alberto Dalle Crode and Marta craft a hand-tended, bottle-refermented col fondo that tastes of the place rather than the category.
Backstory
Alberto Dalle Crode sowed the first seeds of Col Tamarie in 2003 and produced his first wine in 2013. He and Marta run the farm together as a true family operation.
The Region
The Col Tamarie vineyards sit in the Veneto, on the highest hill of the Prosecco DOC at around 450 meters, completely surrounded by forest. The soils are limestone and rocky material of morainic origin.
Vineyards and Farming
At Col Tamarie, Alberto and Marta tend about 4.5 hectares of south and southeast-facing vines. Farming is biodynamic, and the plants are cared for with homeopathy. The wine is a white field blend of Glera, Bianchetta, Boschera, Graparol, Verdiso and Perera.
Winemaking
The single Col Tamarie wine is made in the old col fondo, or sur lie, method, with a refermentation in bottle. It ferments spontaneously with native yeasts and is left unfined and unfiltered, with no added sulfites.
The Wines
That lone Col Tamarie bottling is a cloudy, savory, traditional Prosecco Col Fondo, the only wine the family makes and a pure expression of their hilltop site.
