Malvasia / Trebbiano
Cinghio 2025
Donati

Grape Variety: 50% Malvasia di Candia, 50% Trebbiano Toscano

Producer: Camillo Donati

Region: Parma, Emila-Romagna, Italy

Wild Scale: 2/5

Vegan friendly wine

11.5% alcohol

Winemaking: Organic Malvasia and Trebbiano grapes were harvested by hand. Fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tanks. Must from the grapes was then used to kickstart a second fermentation and the wine was bottled at that moment. No filtration or fining. Small amount of sulphur on bottling.

This Wine: Dry, natural sparkling white wine with an subtle aromatic character which represent a new cuvée from the iconic winemaker, Camillo Donati. This is the easiest of easy drinking with citrus and floral flavours. A bargain even by Donati standards. 

Notes on the Winemaker: In the hills of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Camillo Donati stands as a true pioneer of natural sparkling wine. Taking over as the third generation of his family's estate in the early 1990s, Camillo revived traditional ancestral-method winemaking, rejecting industrial shortcuts to craft authentic, living frizzante wines. Across 15 hectares of organically and biodynamically farmed clay slopes, Donati focuses on indigenous regional varieties, including Malvasia di Candia, Lambrusco, Barbera, and Trebbiano. Every variety is vinified individually, with white grapes undergoing skin maceration alongside the reds. His cellar philosophy remains uncompromising: no commercial yeasts, no temperature manipulation, and no mechanical filtration. Secondary fermentation occurs naturally in the bottle powered solely by indigenous grape sugars. The resulting wines are beautifully aromatic and textured whilst retaining a charming, rustic edge. Absolute bargains that offer a pure reflection of Emilia’s rich culinary heritage and capture an honest sense of time and place. We visited in September 2026 and Camillo treated us to an amazing magnum of 2008 Lambrusco which showed us just how wonderfully these wines can age.