STEFANO POLA PROJECT
THE RIVE
WHAT THEY ARE
The term “Riva” in the local dialect indicates the slopes of the steep hills that characterise the Valdobbiadene DOCG. This name was chosen for a sparkling wine that expresses the essence of the territory, highlighting the different facets of very distinct micro areas.
In fact, Rive is produced exclusively with grapes from a single municipality or one of its hamlets to enhance the characteristics that the territory gives to the wine according to the myriad of individual variables found within our denomination.
PRODUCTION DIFFERENCES
A “Rive” product is obtained from the steepest and most suitable vineyards and makes it possible to get to know the territory in depth: There are 43 rive in the denomination, and each of them expresses a different peculiarity of soil, exposure and microclimate. In Rive, there is the production is lower, all the grapes are hand-harvested, and the label lists the vintage along with the name of the “riva”. For example, a rive produced in Col San Martino will be called “Rive di Col San Martino”.
- Rive di Col San Martino
- Rive di Guia
- Rive di San Pietro di Feletto
- Rive di Refrontolo
- Rive di Soligo
- Rive di Rolle
- Rive di Santo Stefano
ANDREOLA
RIVE COLLECTION
Following in the footsteps of founder Nazzareno Pola, Andreola, led today by Nazzareno’s son, Stefano, who has always believed in this winemaking philosophy, over the many years of working in the vineyard, winemaking and study, together with enologist Balliana Mirco identified some areas, within individual municipalities or hamlets, which, besides being a guarantee of superior quality year after year, had unique characteristics that could be expressed through a single vineyard product.
Having been among the first wineries to believe in this type of product and being able to choose from great diversity in the vineyard, today, ANDREOLA is the company that produces and bottles the most significant number of sparkling wines claiming the “Rive” brand of the entire denomination.
The objective of this proposal is first and foremost to highlight the intuition of Stefano Pola, who, throughout the years of his work, recognised the qualitative potential of the prestigious vineyards annexed to the Andreola company’s viticultural heritage.
Moreover, our “Rive Collection” is intended to be a stimulus to gain in-depth knowledge of the splendid Valdobbiadene DOCG area, to become aware of all the beauty expressed in termsof the diversity that the area gives to its sparkling wines, according to where the grapes are grown.
