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Farnea

Farnea Proganega Orange 2021

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Tasting notes

Proganega sits in a register that is rare for Veneto: savoury and mineral-driven rather than fruity, with fine tannins from skin contact giving texture without weight. The Procanico, grown from cuttings taken at Le Coste, adds a tensile, almost citrus-pith bite that the old-vine Garganega rounds out with dried fruit and acacia honey notes.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Dried ApricotAcacia HoneyMineralOrange Blossom
  • Style: Dry orange wine; Garganega and Procanico blend; savoury, mineral, fine tannins; approx. 11% ABV
  • Grapes & Terroir: Garganega (old vines) and Procanico (massale selection from Le Coste); biodynamic; volcanic trachyte and basalt soils, Colli Euganei hills, Villa di Teolo
  • Winemaking: Spontaneous fermentation; approx. 10 days skin contact; aged in concrete vats; no fining, no filtration, no added sulfites
  • Serving: Serve at 50-54F; no decanting needed; drink within 2-3 years or hold if comfortable with oxidative development
  • Pairing: Aged pecorino, baccalà mantecato, charcuterie, pasta with brown butter, fried whitebait
  • Similar To: For fans of Gravner or Radikon-style Veneto orange wines who want a lighter, lower-alcohol expression

Proganega is a skin-contact orange wine from Marco Buratti's Azienda Agricola Farnea, located in the Colli Euganei National Park in Veneto. The wine blends old-vine Garganega from a hillside vineyard above Marco's home with Procanico grown from massale selections taken from the Le Coste estate in Gradoli. The name collapses the two grapes into one word.

The grapes are fermented spontaneously with native yeasts and spend approximately ten days on skins before aging in concrete vats. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration and without added sulfites. The result is compact and dry, with fine tannins drawn from the skin contact and a mineral edge rooted in the volcanic and trachyte soils of the Euganean Hills.

Farnea's total production sits around 8,000 bottles per year across all wines. Marco works roughly 2.5 hectares of vines and 3 hectares of woodland entirely by hand, without chemical treatments, using biodynamic practices. The cellar is a small room adjoining his house in Villa di Teolo, equipped with concrete and fiberglass vats and old barrels.

Works well with dishes that have some fat or umami to meet the wine's savory edge: think aged sheep's milk cheese, fried salt cod (baccalà mantecato), or a simple pasta with brown butter and sage. The fine tannins and acidity also cut through charcuterie and lightly cured fish.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Orange Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Garganega, Procanico
Farming:, Biodynamic
Vintage:, 2021
Alcohol:, 11%
Country:, Italy
Region:, Veneto
Appellation:, Colli Euganei DOC
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Farnea

Marco Buratti grew up in Villa di Teolo in the Colli Euganei. Before returning to farm, he studied enology, ran restaurants in Padova, and worked as a chef in New Zealand. He came back to his native hills and, using a small inheritance, purchased the land that became Azienda Agricola Farnea. He cleared forest to plant vines in 2003, with his first commercial vintage in 2007.

The farm covers approximately 2.5 hectares of vines and 3 hectares of woodland in the Colli Euganei National Park, on volcanic soils with a viticultural history going back to the eighteenth century. Marco farms with biodynamic care, working entirely by hand without chemical treatments. Vines average 50 years of age and are trained in Guyot. He also keeps a further plot of young Procanico vines grown from massale cuttings sourced from Le Coste in Lazio. A second parcel in nearby Bettone adds additional vineyard area.

The cellar is a small room attached to Marco's house in Villa di Teolo, equipped with concrete and fiberglass vats and a few old barrels. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts. No sulfites, fining agents, or filtration are used at any stage. Total annual production across all wines is around 8,000 bottles.

Wine region

Veneto, Italy

Veneto is Italy's highest-volume wine region, stretching from the Alpine foothills and Lake Garda in the west to the Adriatic coast near Venice in the east. The terrain varies considerably, from the high ridges of Valpolicella in the west to the flat alluvial plains of the Po Valley, with isolated volcanic outcroppings like the Colli Euganei rising dramatically from the flatlands near Padua. The region spans 90,000 hectares, with 35,400 hectares under DOC designation.

The Colli Euganei, a protected national park southwest of Padua, is one of the few genuinely volcanic wine zones in Italy. The hills formed through submarine eruptions beginning around 43 million years ago, producing a mosaic of basaltic lava, trachyte, and volcanic clay soils that are mineral-rich and well-draining. Vineyards sit between 50 and nearly 400 meters above sea level on south-facing slopes. The climate is quasi-Mediterranean, with warm dry summers and day-to-night temperature swings that preserve acidity. The Colli Euganei DOC covers red and white blends as well as varietal wines; the DOCG Fior d'Arancio applies to Moscato Giallo-based sweet and sparkling wines from the zone.

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