2017 Davide Spillare Rugoli Garganega

Region: Gambellara < Veneto < Italy            Grapes: 90% Garganega, 10% TrebbianoVineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic + certified biodynamic farming; 80+ year old vines on white 'Gambellara' volcanic mineral soils; 18-24 hour maceration with the skins then pressed and transferred to used barriques for 10 months before spending some time in steel; bottled, unfined/unfiltered, with no added So2; zero-zero; 11.5% ABVWinemaker: Davide SpillareDavide works about four hectares of his family’s vineyards, right behind his house and winery somewhere in the village labyrinth of Gambellara. An early apprentice to natty wine pioneer Angiolino Maule, Davide readily adopted Maule’s ideas for his parents’ winery that at the time was still delivering their grapes to the local co-op.  He went whole hog into biodynamic viticulture, eliminating technology in the cellar (except for the pump), spontaneous fermentation, and a zero filtration, fining and sulfur policy. Despite the lack of added s