On sale only in Duty Free and Travel Retail shops operated by Avolta

Bottega Gold Extra Brut is a Vintage 2022 Prosecco sparkling wine that is one of the ‘Prosecco Premium Vintage Collection’, a project for the enhancement of Prosecco created by Sandro Bottega over 10 years ago. This exceptional vintage is exclusive to leading global travel experience player, Avolta and will be available in their stores worldwide.

This wine is the premium version of Bottega Gold and is in line with Avolta’s objective of seeking exclusive products for its Duty Free and Travel Retail outlets, to surprise and delight its customers and make travellers happier. The gold bottle with its characteristic shape has the unmistakable mirror finish, which includes the front label as well. The absolute quality, together with the striking packaging, makes this product a prestigious gift in the style of the centuries-old Italian wine-making tradition and the best Made in Italy design.

Commenting on the launch, David de Miguel, Global Head of Liquor at Avolta said, “The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and an intrinsic element of our strategy is to surprise and delight our customers and make travellers happier.  One of the ways we do this is by offering products which are unique or exclusive. Bottega Gold Extra Brut takes the Prosecco experience to the next level and we are confident that this exclusive product will be well received by the many customers visiting our stores worldwide.”

Bottega Gold Extra Brut is a Prosecco characterised by unique features that elevate the quality of this sparkling wine to the most exceptional standards: selection of a single vineyard in the prime-quality area of the Unesco Heritage Prosecco Hills; Glera grapes cultivated according to Bottega’s sustainability philosophy and harvested only by hand at the moment of their perfect ripening; pre-fermentative cryomaceration, to fully preserve the organoleptic charge of the grapes; maturation in new ‘horizontal’ autoclaves, the result of the most advanced technological research applied to quality oenology; long fermentation (over 6 months, while Prosecco normally takes around 1 month) to obtain a wine with an exceptional organoleptic profile. In short, a top-quality Prosecco in the oenological world that lacks nothing when compared to other world-renowned varieties of sparkling wines.

Bottega Gold Extra Brut presents a straw yellow colour with golden reflections and fine, persistent perlage. On the nose, refined notes of golden apple, ripe pear, white flowers, wisteria and acacia introduce hints of bread crust. On the palate it is dry, intriguing and persistent with a good savouriness reflected in the minerality. This wine pairs perfectly with raw fish and oysters. It is also excellent with mushroom risotto, tagliatelle with sea bass ragout or courgettes and prawns, baked sea bass on pea purée.

Bottega Gold Extra Brut, together with the wines of the ‘Prosecco Premium Vintage Collection’, was presented on 10 October as a world preview in Piazza del Duomo in Milan, during a Vertical tasting of Prosecco Bottega.