Carolina Gatti Ratatuja Frizzante 2020
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| Management number | 253563698 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$11.20 | Model Number | 253563698 | ||
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Ratatuja is a field-blend sparkling wine from Carolina Gatti's 5-hectare estate in Ponte di Piave, in the Marca Trevigiana area of Treviso, Veneto. The blend combines Glera, Pinot Bianco, Verduzzo, Chardonnay, and Tocai — all five grapes co-fermented and macerated on the skins for several days before being bottled with residual sugar to complete fermentation in the ancestral method. The wine ages on the lees in bottle for 10 months.
The vines are trained using the ancient belussera (Bellussi) system — a nearly extinct spur-pruning trellis method requiring intensive manual labor that produces low yields. Soils at Ponte di Piave are limestone and clay, typical of the alluvial Piave river plain. Treatments in the vineyard are limited to copper salts and sulfur; no herbicides are used. Organic manure from the estate's own livestock serves as the primary fertilizer.
In the cellar, fermentation is spontaneous with indigenous yeasts in concrete vats. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal to no added sulfites. Golden in color from the brief skin contact, Ratatuja shows soft bubbles and a dry, mineral character with notes of melon, stone fruit, and a smoky undercurrent from lees aging.
The name is a wordplay on ratatouille — the dish that combines many vegetables together, just as this wine combines many local grape varieties. In Veneto dialect, the word also carries a local identity that grounds the wine firmly in its place of origin.
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