Le Fraghe

2025 Bardolino DOC Bardolino

Matilde started Le Fraghe in 1984, and this feels like exactly the kind of Bardolino she has spent decades protecting. Light on its feet, full of energy, and never pushed into something darker or heavier than it wants to be. Bright black cherry and blueberry roll into cinnamon, cracked pepper, and that stony, slightly salty character that feels so tied to Lake Garda, where the vineyards sit on sandy, rocky soils shaped by ancient glaciers. Give it a proper chill, and it becomes dangerously easy to drink. This is very much wine for the table. Burgers off the grill, roast chicken, charcuterie, pizza, honestly almost anything you feel like putting in front of it.
Italy
Red
Biodynamic Wine
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan Wine

Region:  Bardolino, Veneto

Appellation:  Bardolino DOC

Varietal/Blend:  80% Corvina, 20% Rondinella

ABV:  12.5%

Vineyard:  The vineyards are located in the municipalities of Affi and Cavaion Veronese in Veneto, where 24-year-old vines grow on south-facing slopes at 190 metres above sea level. Guyot-trained vines are planted at a density of 5,000 vines per hectare.

Cellar: Spontaneous fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, followed by aging in steel until bottling in the spring.

CSPC:  149759

Winemakers Note: 

What the Critics are saying: 

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Le Fraghe
2025 Bardolino DOC Bardolino

Region:  Bardolino, Veneto

Appellation:  Bardolino DOC

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Italy
Red
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan Wine
Matilde started Le Fraghe in 1984, and this feels like exactly the kind of Bardolino she has spent decades protecting. Light on its feet, full of energy, and never pushed into something darker or heavier than it wants to be. Bright black cherry and blueberry roll into cinnamon, cracked pepper, and that stony, slightly salty character that feels so tied to Lake Garda, where the vineyards sit on sandy, rocky soils shaped by ancient glaciers. Give it a proper chill, and it becomes dangerously easy to drink. This is very much wine for the table. Burgers off the grill, roast chicken, charcuterie, pizza, honestly almost anything you feel like putting in front of it.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  80% Corvina, 20% Rondinella

ABV:  12.5%

Vineyard:  The vineyards are located in the municipalities of Affi and Cavaion Veronese in Veneto, where 24-year-old vines grow on south-facing slopes at 190 metres above sea level. Guyot-trained vines are planted at a density of 5,000 vines per hectare.

Cellar: Spontaneous fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, followed by aging in steel until bottling in the spring.

CSPC:  149759

Winemakers Note: 

What the Critics are saying: 

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  Italy

Region:  Bardolino, Veneto

Appellation:  Bardolino DOC

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Varietal/Blend:  80% Corvina, 20% Rondinella

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  12.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  149759

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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Joe Gurba

780-203-5284

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Kerrie Gavin

306-290-0277

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