Cantina La Bacheta, Custoza, Verona
Giorgia Quintarelli is a 25 year old winemaker who, along with her partner Simone and Lessinia Shepherd dog Gnocchi, is Cantina La Bacheta. Previous to setting up shop in Custoza, Giorgia worked in Chateauneuf du Pape. She now has four hectares total, spread over three separate plots on her family's property near the Via Gorgo (which means water from the soil or “gurgle”--there are springs under the hills and vineyards). The vines behind the house are Corvina and Rondinella planted on mostly clay. Higher altitude plots are mostly white varieties including Garganega. Giorgia saves the Garganega and Pinot Blanc, on one last row of the higher plots, for her grandpa to work (keeps him busy). The other plot is 1.5 ha of Cortese and Trebbianelle (a relative of Tocai Fruilani), also Tocai, planted across the valley from their house.
Everything has been organic certified since 2012. The only treatments in the vines are copper and sulfur spray for mildew. There’s a new vineyard, a one hectare rental plot which is AOP Custoza and half a mile up the slope from their property with unknown varieties, but mostly Garganega and some red varieties. They need analysis to prove the genetics. The vines are forty years old at least. Currently in conversion to Bio, which takes three years.
Everything has been organic certified since 2012. The only treatments in the vines are copper and sulfur spray for mildew. There’s a new vineyard, a one hectare rental plot which is AOP Custoza and half a mile up the slope from their property with unknown varieties, but mostly Garganega and some red varieties. They need analysis to prove the genetics. The vines are forty years old at least. Currently in conversion to Bio, which takes three years.
WINES
La Bacheta, Renaissance, Metodo Classico, Vino Spumante NV- 24 months on the lees, fermented all in stainless. 100% Garganega - 20 yr old vines. Hand riddled and disgorging - 6 bars. Fermented base to dry, no sulfites. Dosage zero. One shot pick - Sept 18 2021 harvest
Picked mid ripeness, flavonoids and phenolics from the skins give the depth of flavor, not as much from the lees, that give more pastry notes and nuttiness. 1000 btl prod. 
La Bacheta, Isa 2023- 100% Corvina, named after Giorgia's Mother. IGT Corvina Verona. Semi-carbonic maceration. Pied de cuve and crush. Harvest 9.24.2022. Bottled in Feb 2023. 2028 btls prod.
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La Bacheta, Neissance 2021- 100% Garganega. Direct press. 1 month on the lees. After one month, batonage, helps smooth the almond bitterness of Garganega after ferm. and helps protect the wine. Racking after batonage, no SO2. This is a still wine in a champagne bottle. Bianco Verona IGP. Feb 24 2022 bottled. 3004 btls prod.
La Bacheta, Luna 2023- 100% Garganega. Pied de cuve. Fill the tank with whole bunch and close it up. Skin Contact 4 months, all whole bunches. A "lunatique" fermentation. 10.10.2022 harvest. Mildewy vintage, rain for 2 months and a big hail in July. Bottled according to arrival of new moon. (They bottle sparkling wines during the first quarter of the moon cycle) 650 btls prod.
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