Ferrari - Trento Brut

More than 100 years ago, Giulio Ferrari, the founder of Ferrari Trento went to visit the Champagne region to buy from Bollinger for his own consumption. He discovered that Chardonnay grows so well in the chalky soil that is typical of both Champagne and the Trento mountains that he decided in 1902 to plant Chardonnay and start producing his own sparkling wine with the same grape and the same method of Champagne (including the second fermentation in the bottle). The ambition was clear: to compete with the best French Champagne. The wines produced were fine but had limited distribution and the production volumes were small.