One of the main objectives of cantina Rotaliana is to promote and safeguard the Piana Rotaliana area, on the one hand, protecting its integrity and, on the other hand, producing wines able to embody not only the meticulous work of men, but also the distinguishing mark of its origins.

Due to these firm beliefs, since the 1999 vintage cantina Rotaliana decided to produce a new Teroldego wine of international class.

Clesuræ is the name of this new and “different” Teroldego Rotaliano wine, the result of a vine-growing project, without compromises, whose key words are quality and high standard of excellence.
Clesuræ is a Latin term which evokes the ancient times when some open fields, considered the best, were enclosed. This is a name that had been chosen as it well expresses the features of the production philosophy of this new wine; a wine which differs from the traditional Teroldego in its low yield grape, in its vinification and in the time spent in bottle.

With respect to the first point, the low yield, sure that this kind of wine is the result only of the very finest grapes, the best oenologists of cantina Rotaliana selected, in the heart of Campo Rotaliano, some vineyards included in the same sub area, historically considered as the best for the cultivation of Teroldego and with an average vine age of 40/50 years.

Then, in close collaboration with the wine growers, cantina Rotaliana encouraged the technique of thinning out the grapes, in order to guarantee a prefect balance between nature and production methods in each vineyard located in this sub area of excellence.

As it has been already said, there are two other aspects in which Clesuræ differs from the traditional Teroldego Rotaliano. First of all, the malo-lactate fermentation process and the aging of this wine happen entirely in barriques (small French oak barrels with a capacity of 225 litres) where Clesuræ stays for 14-16 months. During this time this wine undergoes a series of transformations, due to the oak’s permeability. In fact, the oxygen gradually softens and smoothes the vivacity of this red wine, making it more balanced.

With respect to the second aspect, the time of refinement, after its stay in the barriques the wine spends at least 8-10 months in bottle. Only at the end of this process the consumer can enjoy the pleasure of this wine.

A wine which can be considered as a great success of cantina Rotaliana.
Thanks to its Clesuræ 1999 and also to Clesuræ 2002, the winery obtained the most prestigious award for a wine producer: Tre bicchieri of the Guida Vini d’Italia by Gambero Rosso and Slow Food publisher, an award that made the winery very proud of its work
In this way. the efforts of the winery’s stakeholder producers and the meticulous vinification process realised by the winery, focused on excellence, have been well recognized.