Le Fraghe

When Matilde Poggi bottled her first vintage at Le Fraghe in 1984, she was 22 years old and working largely against the grain. Bardolino was then dominated by cooperatives and bulk production, and the idea that a young woman could build a serious independent estate in this appellation was not taken for granted. More than four decades later, Matilde is president of the Federazione Italiana Vignaioli Indipendenti and vice president of its European equivalent, a position that reflects both her stature in Italian wine and her lifelong conviction that the grower who farms the vine should be the one who makes and sells the wine.

The Poggi family has farmed land in Cavaion Veronese since 1881. When relatives divided the property in the 1980s, Matilde chose to build her own winery rather than sell the grapes. Le Fraghe, which takes its name from the local dialect word for wild strawberries, gave its first harvest in 1984. Certified organic since 2009 in the vineyard and since 2012 in the cellar, the estate now farms 28 hectares in the communes of Affi and Cavaion Veronese.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Le Fraghe producer profile.

Rodon Bardolino Chiaretto 2017, natural rosé wine bottle at Primal Wine

Le Fraghe Rodon Bardolino Chiaretto 2017

Le Fraghe

$21.00

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Le Fraghe Bardolino DOC 2022

Le Fraghe

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