Gancia is a winery based in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.

In the mid 19th century, Carlo Gancia travelled to Champagne to study the methods of the French winemakers, whose sparkling wine enjoyed an immaculate reputation. He established his winery upon his return, in 1850, and created the first Italian sparkling wine. Carlo is now recognised as the father of the Prosecco industry.

The technique Carlo introduced is now called the “Traditional Method”. Following many years of experiments, the winery was able to produce Prosecco on a commercial scale in 1865. Gancia is now one of few wineries to continue to make the product this way.

The Prosecco itself is made with the Glera grape, found abundant in Piedmont and Veneto. Gancia gather their grapes from the Veneto regions of Treviso, Vicenza, Padova, Venezia (Venice) and Belluno. The grapes are then fermented in stainless steel tanks. Bottling occurs every third of a year.

Gancia Prosecco pours a hay gold with flecks of green. It possesses medium sized, persistent bubbles. The wine offers flavours of ripe yellow plum and greengage, some aromatic flowers, a little almond, white grapes and a good acidity. Best served cold.

A perfect pairing for chicken, cured meat and fish dishes, this also does rather well when matched to salty Asian food.

• Distillery / brand
  Gancia
• Country
  Italy
• SKU
  038596