Altemasi Trento DOC

The Altemasi range represents the very best of Cavit’s sparkling wines - metodo classico Trento DOC wines, with secondary fermentation in bottle, produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Nero. These are 'sparkling wines from the mountains', crafted from high quality grapes sourced from hillside vineyards reaching altitudes over 600m. They are produced and matured at Cavit's Cantina Altemasi, which was established at Ravina in 1993, not far from the region's capital of Trento.

Paolo Turra - Altemasi winemaker

Paolo Turra is Cavit’s head winemaker for sparkling wines – his entire life has been dedicated to ‘spumante’. His father was one of the founders of the “Equipe 5” team during the sixties, who visited the Champagne region and then initiated sparkling wine production using the same method in Trentino. Paolo followed his father’s footsteps and has been responsible all of Cavit’s sparkling wine portfolio since 1994.

Trento DOC was the first Classic Method sparkling wine DOC to be established anywhere in the world after Champagne, and the first in Italy, with rigorous regulations regarding grape variety and minimum ageing. The Altemasi range has, at its peak, the Altemasi Riserva Graal, which has been awarded the illustrious Gambero Rosso’s ‘Tre Bicchieri’ 13 times since 1998.