Frascati Bernini

Excellent all purpose wine, especially with first courses, fish and cold white meats.

Fontana Candida a place where the most ancient history meets the most modern trends and tastes.The name of a winery that is the most authentic refined expression of winemaking tradition in Lazio and Rome places that combine age-old elegance with energy poetry and vitality.Wines – above all Frascati – famous and beloved worldwide are born here in lands of culture and pleasure. For over sixty years Fontana Candida has been the undisputed star of the distribution and success of Frascati all over the world.Its primary mission has always been to promote this designation outright wine heritage of the Roman district with great quality potential some yet to be explored. The freshness and personality of Fontana Candida wines come from excellent vines and distinct skills embodying perfectly the lifestyle and rich history and traditions typical of their area renowned and appreciated all over the globe.

The vineyards cover approximately 97 hectares in the heart of the Frascati DOC, at between 200 and 400 metres of altitude, on land in the communes of Frascati, Monteporzio Catone, Grottaferrata and partly in Montecompatri and Rome.

The new wine rests, until it is bottled, in thermostatically controlled stainless steel tanks under a blanket of nitrogen, to protect it from oxidation.

The grapes, gathered between the middle of September and the end of October, are immediately taken to the cellar and vinified by the white wine method, after a gentle pressing. The must, after cold natural clarification, is fermented at controlled temperature (18°C) with selected yeasts.