The first D.O.C. spumante in Italy
The history of the Trentodoc dates back to the beginning of the last century, when Giulio Ferrari, oenologist at the San Michele Agricultural Institute – today the Mach Foundation – had the intuition of trying to produce spumante from Trentino grapes. Indeed, during his travels, he realised that the nature and climatic conditions of Trentino were quite suitable for spumante making. And so it was.
Thus began a story made up of experiences shared by winegrowers and wineries, handed down with pride and care from generation to generation.
Official recognition came in 1993. Trentodoc became the first D.O.C. label in Italy, and among the first in the world, assigned to a classic method.
Today, there are more than a hundred labels in Trentino that boast the Trentodoc territorial collective brand shown on each bottle and recognisable with the graphics of the two “Os": riddling, bottle rotation with a small shake so that residues collect in the neck, a peculiarity of the production method.
There are four stages of processing that distinguish mountain spumante before becoming Trentodoc, after a long ageing. To get to know them, read our article dedicated to the spumante that is born between the Alps and Lake Garda.
