OWNED AND OPERATED BY CRISTIAN MORESCO, RAREFRATTE IS LOCATED IN BREGANZE AT THE FOOT OF THE ASIAGO PLATEAU NEAR BASSANO DEL GRAPPA IN THE PROVINCE OF VICENZA, A HILLY BELT CONSISTING OF VOLCANIC RIDGES RICH WITH SEDIMENTARY VOLCANIC ROCKS AND PLENTIFUL CLAYEY SOIL.⁣ CRISTIAN TOOK OVER THE FAMILY VINEYARD IN 2012, CONVERTED TO BIODYNAMIC FARMING, AND EMBARKED ON AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT TO RECOVER RARE AND ANCIENT VARIETALS ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, INCLUDING GRUAJA, OTTOCAI, PEDEVENDA, SCIAMPAGNA, GROPPELLO AND VESPAIOLO. IN A RICHLY BIODIVERSE ENVIRONMENT, CRISTIAN MAKES NO USE OF SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS AND HARVESTS MANUALLY; THEN, IN THE CELLAR, AS HE PUTS IT, “I AM ONLY CAREFUL NOT TO RUIN THE WORK DONE IN THE VINEYARD.” THROUGH SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION WITH INDIGENOUS YEASTS AND MINIMAL SO2 ONLY WHEN NECESSARY, CRISTIAN’S WINES ARE THE FINAL PRODUCT OF A YEARS-LONG JOURNEY TO DECIPHER THIS BEAUTIFUL MICRO VENETIAN REGION.