An idea born in the quarry
Bringing bottles into Monte Torrione means using the quarry both as a dramatic setting and as a unique ageing environment.
The wine cellar in the quarry
Straordinario rests in the heart of the marble.
A sparkling wine aged inside the mountain, among riddling racks, white dust and the constant silence of Cava Michelangelo.
The MarmoTour cellar was born from the idea of taking the traditional method into a place that cannot be replicated: a gallery carved through marble, where temperature, humidity and light make the wait part of the experience.
16°
stable temperature
Riddling racks
ageing in the quarry
Marble
dust on the bottles
No ordinary wine cellar
Here, every toast moves at the mountain’s unhurried pace.
Straordinario is not presented like a bottle on a shop shelf. You encounter it during the visit, at the point where the rhythm of the quarry changes into stillness, cool light and suspended matter.
Natural coolness
The interior remains cool and stable, creating ideal conditions for wine to rest away from outdoor temperature changes.
A memorable trace
The marble dust on each bottle is not a decorative effect: it is the authentic mark of the place where Straordinario matures.
Francesca Dell’Amico’s idea
Straordinario grew out of Carrara’s white-marble tradition.
The project brings the traditional method into Galleria Ravaccione and connects the wine with a noble material recognised throughout the world. Native grapes from the Apuan hills meet a naturally stable microclimate, while the quarry becomes cellar, setting and visual signature.
Here, we have Straordinario.
Francesca Dell’Amico
14°-16°
quarry microclimate
Vermentino
grapes from the Apuan hills
Albarola
local identity
The film
Thirty-three seconds inside the material.
The film shows the quarry at close range without reducing it to a backdrop: veins, voids, cuts and shadows become the perfect prelude to the story of Straordinario.
The making of Straordinario
Traditional method, extraordinary surroundings.
Preparing the wine
The base wine comes from local grapes and is prepared for a second life inside the bottle.
Liqueur de tirage
Yeasts and sugar are added: the precise step that begins the traditional-method transformation.
Secondary fermentation
Refermentation creates the bubbles and seals pressure, time and precision inside the bottle.
Ageing on the lees
The wine rests deep inside the mountain, protected by stable temperature, darkness, humidity and mineral silence.
Remuage on riddling racks
The bottles are turned gradually on the racks to guide the sediment towards the neck.
Disgorgement
The à la glace process removes the sediment and restores clarity, energy and definition.
Dosage
The liqueur d’expédition completes the balance of flavour before final sealing.
Finished by hand
The bottle leaves the quarry dressed in marble: every trace tells where it has rested.
A bottle as an object
A small monument to raise in a toast.
Straordinario draws its character from contrast: an elegant sparkling wine that is not polished clean, but marked by marble. The result is a dramatic, tactile and precious bottle that tells the story of Carrara without unnecessary words.
Mineral
visual identity
White
quarry dust
Take it
with you
During the tour
The wine cellar is one stop, yet it feels like a finale.
The cellar comes as a surprise along the MarmoTour route. After marble, machinery and lunar spaces, you find a corner created for slowing down — the moment when the quarry becomes more than a quarry and turns into a story.
Part of the quarry tour
The wine cellar is part of the guided tour through Cava Michelangelo.
Made for memorable photographs
Riddling racks, white bottles and marble walls create an instantly recognisable setting.
Impossible to forget
Because no one expects to find sparkling wine deep inside a mountain.
