GALLERY

All of the vineyards are owned and located in Valdobbiadene: they are meticulously tended by Renato and Sergio and, given the orographic complexity of the hilly area right under the mountains, caring for them requires a lot of manual work. The well-proportioned combination of a land unique for mineralogical composition and microclimate, and the experience in producing sparkling wines reaches the excellence in quality in the sparkling wines branded Tanorè.

Tanorè is situated in the delicate Valdobbiadene area, on the borders between the small hamlets of Santo Stefano and San Pietro. This land comprises of hills, small valleys and steep slopes all sheltered on the north side by the pre-Alps with no lack of sunshine all year round. The hill that houses the winery is the prized Cartizze, which grows the best Prosecco in the world. Oh yes, of the world: because the Prosecco was born right here, in these hills bouncing between cascades of golden vines, from Valdobbiadene to Conegliano, where the world of the Guaranteed “Superior Prosecco” ends. And the Cartizze is the Prince Hill of this little microcosm of the 3,000 hectares of all the vineyards in the area. It is extraordinary and unique to the land that contains history of the world: between 20 and 15 million years ago this area was covered by a deep sea on whose floor stratified sands, clays and limestone levels. The rising of this seabed has brought to the surface these composite rocks that, due to the action of weather, vegetation and microorganisms have been transformed into the shallow sandy soil covering the Regolith (a mixture of sandy soil and rock). The particular characteristics of the Cartizze originate from this soil, rich in elements and history. The remaining Tanorè vineyards are all located in the municipality of Valdobbiadene, and due to the great geological variety each of them have different characteristics. Hence the six typologies of Prosecco Superiore of Valdobbiadene.

VALDOBBIADENE

Wine-land by unanimous acknowledgment the Valdobbiadene is, together with the nearby Conegliano, the epicenter of the Prosecco phenomenon. Here in fact, between the pre-Alps of Veneto and the Piave river, during a tragic and hectic century as the Twentieth has been, the culture of Prosecco took root. Or better, the Prosecco specialization.
Conegliano, with the academies and the wine school, has contributed on the scientific side to enhance the quality of the viticulture in Valdobbiadene. Her multifarious hills, where a sea of vineyards lies, dotted here and there with lonely cottages, are of glacial origins and hide in their underground wealth a mineralogical complexity that instill in the grapes a unique flavor. Everything else is due to the work of the sun, of the wind and of the rain. And to the work of the men, so much work on the hard hills, all done with the industriousness and love that befit the guardians of a real natural treasure. Not to mention our meticulous attention to ensure that the joy our wine brings never runs out. Day by day the rows, running erratic among the hills, go on writing this beautiful story that we like to title “The invention of joy.”

THE SEASONS OF THE VALDOBBIADENE

The gold of the vineyards’ autumn leaves is the result of the work of the seasons and of the tenacious constancy of the winemakers. First comes the winter with its short days and the
long nights of crisp cold, with the vineyards lying in the snow waiting for the first faint warmth of spring, when the time comes for the delicate bloom of the vines. Then is the time of the bold greens while the sun beats down like a hammer in the endless summer days, right there to flood the grapes with juicy sugars. And finally everything will fall blissfully into the sacred ritual of the harvest, when the crop devastates the vineyards so they can abandon themselves to their good winter sleep, regenerating so to be ready to repeat the same story year after year with renewed vigour, and with promises of endless joy.