Brut TRENTODOC

Brut TRENTODOC

  • Trento DOC, 
  • Trentino, 
  • italy

Latest Awards

  • 91 points Wine Enthusiast , August 2024
  • 91 points Wine Spectator , March 2024
Background

Paradoxically, Italy’s most famous metodo classico sparkling wine was started with the desire to compete with the best French Champagnes. Giulio Ferrari, a Trentino native, started his venerable sparkling wine house in 1902, after studying winemaking in France. Convinced that his native region’s terroir was ideal for growing Chardonnay, he produced three of his now best-known cuvées – Ferrari Brut, Perlé and Giulio Ferrari – as blanc de blancs. This innovative approach quickly paid off. Ferrari wines consistently receive some of Italy’s top accolades, including being awarded Tre Bicchieri 22 years in a row.

TERROIR & VINTAGE NOTES

With its mountain viticulture, Trentino is an area that is extraordinarily suited to the production of sparkling wines of great elegance and complexity: the alternation of warm days and cool nights gives added quality to the grapes, giving them a rainbow of different flavors and fragrances. Vineyards have southeastern and southwestern exposures on the slopes of the mountains of Trentino. Production zones include various communes in the Val d’Adige, the Val di Cembra and the Valle dei Laghi. It is thanks to the intuition of Giulio Ferrari that this area represents today the largest vineyard zone planted with Chardonnay in Italy; A lovely garden of vines, guarded like a treasure by the mountains that surround it.

Winemaking & Aging

Ferrari Brut is made using the traditional metodo classico. After a hand-harvest in September, the wine undergoes a gentle pressing and first fermentation in tanks. The wine is bottled and a second fermentation occurs with selected yeasts.

Tasting Notes

Fresh and lasting aromas, with significant overtones of ripe golden apples, wild flowers and a subtle, delicate fragrance of yeast. On the palate, the wine is clean and balanced, with a slight and pleasant finish of ripe fruit and a hint of bread-crust. A sparkling wine of pronounced finesse. Perfect served as an aperitif or with lighter dishes, especially seafood.

GOLD

Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championshps 2016

Decanter - January 2016

92
Points

This is an attractive sparkling wine with praline, cooked apple and honey aromas and flavors as well as peaches and dried mangoes. Full body, layers of fruit and dry, tight bubbles. Edgy and energetic. Disgorged in 2017. Drink now.

James Suckling - October 2017

91
Points

The nose is a tantalizing medley of crisp green apples, zesty lemon and a hint of toasty brioche. On the palate, a lively chorus of citrus fruits and white peaches harmonizes with a subtle undercurrent of minerality. The bubbles are so fine and persistent, they’ll make your taste buds dance with joy. The finish is refreshing and clean, leaving you craving another sip. Taub Family Selections. —J.P.

Wine Enthusiast - August 2024

91
Points

An Italian classic and a terrific value, the Ferrari NV Trento Brut is all Chardonnay that opens to crystalline luminosity and brilliance. The bouquet is straightforward and confident, delivering a clear and precise message of good cheer and easy-drinking appeal. There are notes of citrus, white peach, breakfast pastry and drying notes of crushed mineral. This is the quintessential Italian aperitivo wine. –M.L.

Wine Advocate - February 2021

91
Points

Dry with fine, lasting bubbles and notes of lemon custard, brioche, ginger wafer, coriander seed and chalk.

Planet Grape - July 2018

91
Points

Aromas of white spring flower, white orchard fruit and a whiff of brioche lead the way. On the crisp palate, an elegant perlage accompanies creamy yellow apple, pear and lemon drop. —K.O.

Wine Enthusiast - April 2021

91
Points

An immediately appealing sparkling wine, brimming with apple and lemon aromas, but also delicate yeasty and freshly baked white-bread notes. The creamy mousse complements the lively acidity very nicely and, in spite of the impression of lightness, the finish is long with a spot-on balance. Drink now.

James Suckling - June 2021

91
Points

Distinctly savory, the NV Brut Trentodoc opens with a blend of dusty dried flowers, cardamom and freshly sliced pears. It fills the palate with a silken bead of fine bubbles, taking on a salty-to-sweet sensation as tactile mineral tones mix with ripe orchard fruits. This finishes with admirable length and candied citrus twang, tapering off remarkably fresh. I love the balance and complexity here, especially for a Non-vintage Brut. Disgorged: 2023. (Lot# 23093/24E) -E.G.

Vinous - December 2023

91
Points

A refined and expressive sparkler in an aperitif style, this is bright and buoyant on the palate, with the fine, lacy mousse carrying a mouthwatering range of pineapple, mandarin orange peel and white cherry fruit, accented by ground ginger, white blossoms and fleur de sel. Drink now through 2029.—A.N.

Wine Spectator - March 2024

90
Points
Best of Year 2019

Comforting aromas of oven-baked bread and Bartlett pear waft out of the glass. On the polished, refreshing palate, a continuous perlage frames creamy yellow apple, nectarine and citrus zest alongside a hint of baking spice. —K.O.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2019

90
Points

This delivers a very attractive nose of fresh lemons and apples with a smooth, crisp and elegant palate. Drink now. – J.S.

James Suckling - November 2019

90
Points

Fresh and balanced, with a fine, lacy bead and a streak of salinity underscoring the Asian pear, ground ginger, hazelnut and lemon zest notes. Very drinkable. Drink now through 2019. 200,000 cases made. –AN

Wine Spectator - April 2016

90
Points

Lemon, apple and tar aromas follow through to a full body and a very fruity and flavorful finish. Disgorged in 2018. Drink now. - J.S.

James Suckling - November 2018

90
Points

Scents of mature orchard fruit, fresh bread dough and citrus lead the way on this delightful sparkler. The bright palate delivers pear, apple, lime and a hint of pastry cream alongside lively acidity. It closes crisp and clean. - K.O.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2016

90
Points

The Ferrari non-vintage Brut is produced from both estate vineyard Chardonnay and from growers which Ferrari holds long standing relationships with. The wine is made using metodo classico, spending up to three years maturing in bottle on the less. It’s bristling with mineral intensity, balanced by an attractive note of buttery bakeshop and crispy bread. With more time in the glass, it blossoms to show notes or crushed green apple and white flowers. A fine bead of bubbles coasts across tension-filled textures, as brisk acids bring an inner sweetness to its orchard fruits along with sweet florals, which develop toward the close. The balance here is admirable to say the least, helping to make the non-vintage Brut a remarkable value. Disgorged: 2019, L9141/26. -E.G.

Vinous - November 2020

90
Points

Bacchus Canada - July 2005

88
Points
Best of Year 2018

Refreshing and enjoyable, this lively sparkler has aromas of white spring flower, ripe orchard fruit and just a whiff of bread dough. The breezy palate offers juicy golden apple and candied lemon slice before closing on a bitter almond note. -K.O.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2018

Appellation

Trento DOC

grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Sizes

750ml, 750 ml, 375ml, 1L, 1.5L

technical details
  • ABV: 12.5%
  • TA: 6 g/l
  • Ph: 3.3
  • Closure: Cork
  • Vegan
winemaker

Marcello Lunelli

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