High Class, Golden, Rare, Extremely Luxurious, only for V.I.P, Numbered, Exclusive, Limited. From Venice with bottle hand-finished made in Murano, Label made in REAL GOLD, of a small vineyard of just 0,8 hectare.

This is the other one TOP CLASS WINE by BISOL winemakers since 1542. The location of the vineyard is in Mazzorbo a small island in the heart of Venice Lagoon Park where the soil make’s up only 8% of the surface area. A unique vineyard where the vine has found its magical equilibrium between the fertility of a soil well-suited to grape growing and the continuous threat of salt and water.  

DORONA: known as the Golden Grape during the age of the Venetian Doges this autochthonous grape variety almost became extinct and after centuries of history only a few plants were left hidden away in vegetable gardens and convents. 4000 the number of Venetian Dorona vines that were recovered from the 80 original plants discovered on the islands of the lagoon in 2002. 38 the quintals of grapes produced in the vineyard, one of the world’s lowest yields due to the effect of the salt water in the soil that limits production.

The meeting between a white wine expert Desiderio Bisol and a red wine expert Roberto Cipresso led to the production of a white wine made according to the rules of the great reds with maceration of the skins to extract aromas and colours. The grape harvest in the first ten days of September the golden grapes are gathered in 15 kg chests with the different areas of the vineyard being kept separate. Protecting the grapes from oxygen and heat the harvest is put on boats and shipped to Montalcino.

Maceration as is the case for the great reds, the must is left in contact with the skins for almost thirty days in order to extract the complex aromas present in the skins as well as the golden colour that characterises the Venetian grapes. Fermentation starts in the steel tanks where the maceration took place and is completed in the bottle as tradition requires. Ageing two years after the grape harvest and after ageing in the bottle the wines is released en-primeur. The wine does however continue to age in the bottle, evolving year after year until it reaches the complexity that characterizes Venissa.

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The Bottle ia a blend of two Venetian traditions linked to gold: Dorona, the golden grape loved by the Doges and almost lost to time, and the sheet of gold leaf still produced by hand by the Berta Battiloro family in Venice. This was the idea of Giovanni Moretti, one of Murano’s great glass working artists who created the Venissa bottle.

The gold leaf is placed on the bottle, fired and blended into the glass on Murano. Afterwards, the number of each individual bottle, with respect to the number produced in that year’s vintage, is inscribed into the glass.

PRODUCTION AREA: Venice, island of Mazzorbo - Buramo

EXPOSITION OF THE VINEYARD: east to west, flat and level

HEIGHT OF THE VINEYARD: variable from 1m to -0,10 m a.s.l.

SOIL TYPE: silty-sandy, rich in organic material and clay as it is on an island sheltered from the direct effects of the sea.

CANOPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: Guyot

PLANT DENSITY PER HA: 4000

YIELD PER PLANT: 1,10 Kg

AGEING: at least 12 months in glass

ALCOHOL: 12,9°

RESIDUAL SUGAR: 2 g/l

OVERALL ACIDITY: 5,13 g/l

NET DRY EXTRACT: 26 g/l

SERVING: Serve at a temperature of 14°C, in a large Burgundy glass