Monte del Frà
Sommacampagna · Verona (VR)
Established
1988
Eligio and Claudio Bonomo (father Massimo began in 1958)
Yearly production
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multi-zone (Custoza, Valpolicella, Lugana, Bardolino)
Location
Sommacampagna, province of Verona — on the Garda moraine hills, working Custoza, Valpolicella, Lugana and Bardolino
Verona (VR)
Vineyard area
200 ha
local whites for Custoza and Lugana, and Corvina-based reds for Valpolicella and Bardolino, on morainic 'white stone' soils
Appellations
Bianco di Custoza o Custoza DOCAmarone della Valpolicella DOCGLugana DOC
History
The Monte del Frà site takes its name — 'mountain of the brothers' — from friars of the Santa Maria della Scala order who settled and made wine there in 1492. In 1958 Massimo Bonomo rented rooms and land, running a traditional frasca wine shop and farming mixed crops.
On 8 August 1988 his sons Eligio and Claudio turned the family holding entirely over to vineyards, founding the Monte del Frà wine estate.
The family expanded across Custoza, Valpolicella Classica, Lugana and Bardolino, and now farms about 200 hectares; the third generation — Marica, Silvia and Massimo — has joined.
Wines
Illustrative selectionCustoza
An estate Custoza white from the Garda moraine.
Amarone della Valpolicella
From the estate's Valpolicella Classica vineyards.
Lugana
An estate Lugana from the Garda shore.
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