Specogna Friuli Sparkling Glera Pro Fondo NV event-sold-out more honest

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aging and assemblage

citrus and white fruit stretched over a spine of stone

Meant for earlier drinking than their Brunello—approachable without being simple

Specogna Friuli Sparkling Glera Pro Fondo NV event-sold-out more honestCloudy, unfiltered, refermented in the bottle and left sitting on its lees: this is farmhouse fizz, the way northeastern Italy drank sparkling wine long before Prosecco became a global brand. Specogna is a benchmark family estate in Friuli's Colli Orientali, started in 1963 when Leonardo Specogna came home from working abroad and bought a plot in the hills of Rocca Bernarda. They farm organically and intervene as little as possible, and Pro Fondo is