Selection
Harvest
The grapes are selected and picked by hand to preserve freshness and acidity: the essential starting point for a fine, balanced traditional-method sparkling wine.
The traditional method
Patience
becomes perlage.
In the traditional method, secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle. This is where the bubbles form naturally and the base wine becomes Trento DOC, Trentino’s traditional-method sparkling wine.
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The process
From vine to glass
Each stage flows into the next.
Time completes the journey.
The traditional method is the process in which the perlage develops through a second fermentation directly in the bottle. For Elevium, it is a precise sequence — from harvest to disgorgement — where each stage prepares the next and time cannot be hurried.
Purity
Pressing and base wine
Gentle pressing yields the purest must. The first fermentation in stainless steel creates a still base wine defined by freshness, clarity and precision, ready for its second fermentation in bottle.
The beginning
Tirage
The liqueur de tirage, a blend of yeast and sugar, is added to the base wine. The bottle is sealed and secondary fermentation begins: the heart of the traditional method.
Time
Second fermentation and ageing
Secondary fermentation naturally creates carbon dioxide and therefore the perlage. During extended lees ageing — at least 36 months for Brut and Rosé, and at least 48 for Nature — the wine develops finesse, complexity and mature nuances.
Precision
Remuage
The bottles are gradually turned and tilted, guiding the sediment towards the neck.
Completion
Disgorgement
The sediment is expelled during disgorgement. Dosage is then defined, the bottle receives its final cork and the Trento DOC rests until balance and harmony return.
Elevium Trento DOC
Time is invisible.
Its presence is unmistakable.
This is how time becomes perlage: fine, persistent bubbles, aromatic complexity and the precision of a mountain-born traditional-method sparkling wine.
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