Grappa Dei Frati

Characteristics

The spirit, the essence, the fruit of distillation; from the soft noble marc of the ripe grapes, it takes its unique personality, delicate aromas and firm flavour. Dry, as tradition dictates, fragrant with a pleasing finale of liquorice and honey that can only come from painstaking and scrupulous distillation. Clean and precise like the original vine: Turbiana. A grape from our land that brings to the distillate unique properties of softness, elegance and, above all, savouriness and varietal aromas. A distillation method based on the slow passage at low temperature through copper stills that ensures everything obtained with so much effort in the vineyard is captured in the taste. To be enjoyed desserts with delicate creams, puff pastry biscuits and dry fruit, cooked fruit and at the end of the meal.

Technical data

Varieties of marc:	100% Turbiana
Distillation method:	discontinuous
Type of still:	small copper boilers
Distillation temperature:	110° in water vapour
Alcohol content:	43%
Refinement:	in stainless steel
Ageing:	a minimum of 24 months

The Cellar

The Ca’ dei Frati company has been renowned since 1782, as confirmed by a document that refers to “a house with a cellar located in Lugana in the Sermion district known as the place of the Friars”.

In 1939, Felice Dal Cero, son of Domenico, formerly a wine grower in Montecchia di Crosara near Verona, moved to that very house in Lugana di Sirmione, immediately realising the area’s potential for vine cultivation.

After thirty years working in the vineyard and the cellar, his son Pietro took part in the creation of the DOC in 1969, bottling his first wine with the label Lugana Casa dei Frati, later named Ca’ dei Frati.

In 2012, Pietro Dal Cero passed away, leaving the cultural legacy to his wife Santa Rosa and children Igino, Gian Franco and Anna Maria, who run the company with the same passion and determination.

Le nostre Wine Experience

View of the cellar, tasting and much more

The closed cellar WINE EXPERIENCE includes: visit in Italian to the Ca’ dei Frati cellar with the family’s sommelier (about 1 hour), tasting of 3 wines according to availability (generally sparkling, still white, red) with savory aperitif from the family’s pastry shop. Fenice, lunch or dinner depending on the time of visit in our structure on the lake 1km from the cellar at La Lugana Trattoria with Amarone Pietro Dal Cero DOCG menu (risotto with Amarone and Monte Veronese and a second course of meat with restricted ‘Amarone, a taste of Amarone Pietro Dal Cero and a sweet treat, extra water and coffee to be paid on site).