Vino Intrepido Cold Fusion Prosecco col Fondo 2021
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- $29.99
- Drink by: 2023-2024
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Cloudy in colour, but in this case it’s not a bad thing. Col Fondo literally translates from the Italian ‘with the bottom’ indicating the presence of lees’ sediments in the bottom of the bottle. Indeed, this sparkling wine hasn’t been disgorged like usually happens. Nothing to worry about, this method of making sparkling wine is quite ancient. Fruit sourced from Box Grove vineyard in Nagambie Lakes. Delicate aromas of pink grapefruit, quince, white grape, and pulpy Packham pear. Some white blossoms too. Bubbles are on the exuberant side, but this is expected from a non-Champagne method. Juicy and pulpy on the mid palate, with that bit of sweetness reminiscent of another ripe Packham pear. A fair length with a back of palate that is all about the creaminess of the lees, some sweetness, and light aromatic flavours.
Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional who has been based in Melbourne since 2010. She worked as a sommelier in some of the city’s leading fine-dining restaurants for over ten years before leaving hospitality to become a wine sales representative. Lisa is now a journalist for Il Globo, the newspaper for Italians in Australia and around the world, where she also curates her own wine column. She continues to write about wine for both local and international publications and is on track to become one of the few prolific bilingual wine writers in Australia. A certified WSET Educator, she teaches at various venues across Melbourne. She also judges at local wine shows and for the prestigious Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa was the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia award for Best Published Feature Article, a finalist for the same award in 2024, the recipient of the 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation, and one of twelve carefully selected Len Evans Scholars in 2024.
