Volcanalia

“Returning to nature has taught me the great value of patience as a precious fruit of the natural cycle. A part of me is reflected in the wine as it matures and improves. Volcanalia is a point of reference for a wine that is alive and absolutely unique. This is my wine and I would do anything to preserve it.”

Rossella founded Volcanalia in 2014 in Gambellara. Her values from the beginning are those of a return to nature, meant as Rediscovery. She believes in sharing, exchange, and confrontation; indeed, she invested two years going around the world visiting wineries, to learn, to understand, to know each country’s vision of wine, from Australia to South Africa, from France to Portugal.
Attracted by bottle fermentation, the first year she produced just under 1,000 bottles of a Classic method from Garganega from one hectare, and the following year, with a new vineyard, she also experimented with bottle re-fermentation (sur lì or with bottom).
Today, Volcanalia has 4 hectares of Garganega between Verona and Vicenza, in the last foothills of the Lessini Mountains, about 300 meters above sea level. The vines are cultivated according to biodynamic principles; they are the highest and oldest vineyards in Gambellara. Arranged in terraces at the end of a small, unspoiled valley above the town of Gambellara.
45 million years ago, Gambellara was a volcano that, during its eruptive activity, gave rise to volcanic rocks called “basaltic”
The basalt, so friable, gives the vines important minerals and excellent fertility.
The color is dark or black. The volcanic soil is rich in limestone and soda, while it is poor in potassium. In addition, the dense forest that embraces the vines has the great advantage of defending them from any undue contamination.
Gambellara’s ancient vineyards are thus naturally balanced.