Tenuta Amadio

Asolo, Veneto, Italy

Tenuta Amadio is located in quaint Monfumo, in the heart of the Prosecco Superiore DOCG of Asolo. Their 12 hectares of vines are planted in the volcanic calcareous slopes of the Dolomites. Their farm is composed of three separate hand-tended vineyards: Vigneto del Biss, Vigneto del Longon, and Vigneto Era Grande. Each site boasts its own distinct terroir, determining which cuvée and dosage the fruit goes into.

The wines of the Amadio Estate constitute the finest representations of Asolo DOCG's unique Prosecco Superiore, grown on these ancient, chalky, high-draining, calcium-rich slopes surrounding Asolo, a 1400-year-old commune known as "The Pearl of Treviso" and "The City of a Hundred Horizons." 

Asolo DOCG is a much smaller and rarer Prosecco Superiore DOCG, having about 1/9th the output of their better-known neighbours Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG. Despite being just south of the Piave river from Valdobbiadene, Asolo earned its own DOCG for their unique terroir expression. Asolo Prosecco offers a racier acid profile that locals attribute to the Morainic soils in the high-altitude Asolo hills, uniquely rich in iron compared to their northern neighbours. 

For the present moment, Asolo remains the hushed purview of somm’s and sparkling wine fanatics, but the cat is out of the bag and the word is spreading rapidly. Amadio is in the utmost echelon of these small, hands-on producers of fine bubbles thanks to their naturalistic farming and attentive, small-scale winemaking. If you want to know more about the characteristics of this region you can take a look at www.vinerra.com

As Simone puts it, “we take care of our vineyards with the same devotion that our grandfather had for his land, in order to create a wine that respects the generous nature that created it.” It was 1850 when Amadio Rech fell in love with this historic landscape and bought the parcels that today belong to the Estate. Here he built not only his house but also a small church that graces Amadio’s label. Brother and sister Simone & Silvia Rech today run the Domaine and have upgraded the cellars and tasting room into the most celebrated destination for wine lovers visiting the region. Simone & Silvia have also transformed the winery’s supply chain, aiming for total sustainability in all inputs. 

The Rech’s farm and harvest their Domaine by hand to grow nuanced and complex fruit—these are Prosecco’s made in the vineyard! Their crystalline wines showcase their farming, giving a clear depiction of the rewards that come from close and attentive farming, eschewing any inputs but for sulphites. The result is extraordinary sparkling wine, rich in apple framed notes buttressed by exotic fruit, citrus, and persistent and lively  perlage. For such a serious Prosecco, it’s amazing the gaiety these wines bring to any gathering. A perfect wine for serious Italian establishments, obviously gorgeous on its own two feet but, if you will allow us to be a bit sacrilegious for a second, a perfect partner for concerted cocktail bartenders who will not cut corners in quality on their spritz and 75 riffs. With Amadio, we raise a glass to the ongoing elevation of the Prosecco category as a whole.