SECRETUM Brut Classic Method

Pinot Noir 50%. Chardonnay 40%, Pinot Blanc 10%

It was born in March 2002, when the Facchin brothers and their father Giovanni tasted a wine from an early harvest in the cellar, very acidic and low in alcohol, perfect for becoming a sparkling wine. Before being presented on the market, it had to mature in the cellar for a long time and remain known to a few: this is why the name Secretum , contextualized in the Petrarca line and inspired by the Latin work Secretum meum or De secreto conflictu curarum mearum by the great poet. The three books that compose it deal with a dialogue between Petrarca and the theologian and philosopher Saint Augustine in the presence of a woman who personifies the Truth and contain a long confession of the poet who recognizes himself guilty of sins and morbidly attached to earthly passions, first of all lust. The classic method La Costa could only be dedicated to this work, a wine full of charm, intriguing, perverse and sensual.

The grapes are harvested slightly before they are fully ripe, since the alcohol content of the base wine must not exceed 10.5-11% vol. The grapes, collected in crates, are cooled in the cellar in a special cold room to a temperature of 7-8°C and gently pressed using a pneumatic press. The must obtained is placed in a steel tank for 12 hours at a controlled temperature to clarify. It is then decanted, filtered and prepared for refermentation by adding selected yeasts and sugar. It is placed in bottles, capped with bidule and metal crown cap. It remains in the cellar for at least 24 months. At the chosen moment it is placed on the pupitre to obtain the necessary tip for the complete cleaning of the bottle by expelling the precipitates formed by the refermentation. After having performed the degorgement, the bottle is capped and left to rest for a few months before being put on sale.