PRODUCER
LA torretta
Grottaferrata, lazio
INFORMATION
LA TORRETTA IS AN ORGANIC WINE PRODUCER LOCATED IN VALLE MARCIANO, A CIRCULAR VALLEY BENEATH GROTTAFERRATA IN THE CASTELLI ROMANI REGION. THEIR VINEYARD, SITUATED ON THE SIDE OF THE LATIUM VOLCANO, BENEFITS FROM SOUTHWEST-FACING EXPOSURE AND THE VOLCANIC SOIL CONTRIBUTES MINERALITY AND A SALTY HINT TO THE WINES. THEY SPECIALIZE IN THREE WHITE WINE VARIETIES, BOLLE DI GROTTA, TORRETTA, AND CASTAGNA, MADE FROM A BLEND OF MALVASIA AND TREBBIANO GRAPES. WITH A FOCUS ON BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE OVERSEEN BY OENOLOGIST MICHELE LORENZETTI, LA TORRETTA STRIVES TO MAKE NATURAL WINES THAT REFLECT THE UNIQUE TERROIR AND THE SPECIFICITY EACH VINTAGE, WHILE PRESERVING THE LOCAL BIODIVERSITY AND MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
BOLLE DI GROTTA
GRAPES: TREBBIANO
STYLE: BIANCO FRIZZANTE
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: 6 MONTHS FERMENTATION IN ANFORA AND SECOND FERMENTATION IN THE BOTTLE WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS
CASTAGNA
GRAPES: TREBBIANO, MALVASIA
STYLE: BIANCO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: 15 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN LOCAL CHESTNUT BARRELS AND 3 MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE BEFORE RELEASE
MALVASIA
GRAPES: MALVASIA PUNTINATA
STYLE: MACERATO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
ELEVATION: N/A
VINIFICATION: 6 MONTHS MACERATION ON THE SKINS IN BURIED ANFORAS, 1 YEAR ÉLEVAGE IN ANFORA AND 6 MONTHS IN THE BOTTLE BEFORE RELEASE
TORRETTA
GRAPES: TREBBIANO, MALVASIA
STYLE: BIANCO
SOIL: VOLCANIC
VINIFICATION: 12 MONTHS IN ANFORAS AND CONCRETE TANKS, 3 MONTHS ÉLEVAGE IN THE BOTTLE BEFORE RELEASE