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Corte Moschina
Veneto, Italy2 wines4.0 avg
Veneto family estate in Roncà, on the volcanic foothills of Monti Lessini. Specialise in indigenous Durella, the local high-acid white grape that drives the Lessini Durello DOC sparklings. Range covers col-fondo and traditional-method bottlings plus a handful of still whites. Organic farming, low intervention.
Corte Moschina is a 35-hectare family estate in Roncà, in the northeastern corner of the Soave appellation - province of Verona, at the foot of the Lessini mountains. The site itself is a late-1500s Venetian corte and has been farmed since the 16th century, but the modern chapter began in 1998 when Maria Patrizia Niero acquired the property. Her sons run it today: Alessandro Danese as winemaker and Giacomo Danese as vineyard manager.
The estate works the volcanic-basalt soils on Monte Calvarina at Roncà, plus parcels in the Berici Hills and Valpolicella. Organic conversion began in 2016; the first vineyard was certified in 2020 with the rest following.
Corte Moschina is best known in Lessini Durello territory - the volcanic east of the Veneto where Durella, the local thick-skinned, extremely high-acid white grape, drives the regional sparkling tradition. They produce a classic-method Lessini Durello DOC ("Valgrande") and an ancestral-method PuroCaso, plus a handful of still whites from Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave, and reds from the volcanic-floor red varieties typical of the area.
The house style is precise and electric rather than rich - Durella's natural acidity is the structural backbone, and the volcanic soils add a saline, slightly smoky thread. Low intervention without the natural-wine flag waving: organic farming, careful winemaking, but not a brut-nature manifesto.
