Zanotto Col Fondo is a producer in Veneto, Italy, presented in Biodyna’s Green Guide as a reference for thoughtful farming and wines with a clear sense of place.
Veneto estate founded by Riccardo Zanotto reviving Col Fondo sparkling: second fermentation in bottle, unfiltered, lees left in. High-elevation Glera.
The project is defined by its practices: Natural / ancestral Col Fondo (native yeasts, no disgorgement). Farming and cellar work are kept as close to the vineyard as possible, with an emphasis on soil life, manual care, and wines that taste of their origin rather than of the cellar.
Like the longer portraits already published on The Green Guide, this profile is meant to be read as a full introduction — who they are, how they farm, and what is in the glass — not as a short product blurb.
The range is built to show the estate rather than a single cuvée. Expect wines that are drinkable young, marked by fruit, energy and texture, and shaped by the farming described above.
White Col Fondo (Glera): orchard fruit, citrus, wildflower, bread crust, salinity.
Red Col Fondo: cherry, strawberry, violet, gentle bubbles. Also finer traditional sparkling cuvées.
Practices: Natural / ancestral Col Fondo (native yeasts, no disgorgement)
Origin: Veneto, Italy
Zanotto Col Fondo is a producer in Veneto, Italy, presented in Biodyna’s Green Guide as a reference for thoughtful farming and wines with a clear sense of place.
Veneto estate founded by Riccardo Zanotto reviving Col Fondo sparkling: second fermentation in bottle, unfiltered, lees left in. High-elevation Glera.
The project is defined by its practices: Natural / ancestral Col Fondo (native yeasts, no disgorgement). Farming and cellar work are kept as close to the vineyard as possible, with an emphasis on soil life, manual care, and wines that taste of their origin rather than of the cellar.
Like the longer portraits already published on The Green Guide, this profile is meant to be read as a full introduction — who they are, how they farm, and what is in the glass — not as a short product blurb.
The range is built to show the estate rather than a single cuvée. Expect wines that are drinkable young, marked by fruit, energy and texture, and shaped by the farming described above.
White Col Fondo (Glera): orchard fruit, citrus, wildflower, bread crust, salinity.
Red Col Fondo: cherry, strawberry, violet, gentle bubbles. Also finer traditional sparkling cuvées.
Practices: Natural / ancestral Col Fondo (native yeasts, no disgorgement)
Origin: Veneto, Italy
