Two Sides of Lake Garda: Monte del Frà Earns Two Wine Enthusiast Best Buy Awards

Wine Enthusiast Best Buy: the value of international recognition

It’s about more than just scores. The two Best Buy designations from Wine Enthusiast, one of the world's leading wine publications, recognize wines that stand out for their quality and value. The magazine evaluates wines through blind tastings, with each sample assessed without revealing the producer's identity, and rates them on a 100-point scale.

For Monte del Frà, these results carry special significance: two different wines, shaped by the same family, both recognized for their outstanding value.

Bardolino DOC 2025: 92 Points and Best Buy for a Fresh, Elegant Italian Red

There is a kind of lightness that never compromises character. Monte del Frà Bardolino DOC 2025 embodies this spirit, expressing the winemaking traditions of Lake Garda through freshness, balance, and versatility.

This Italian red wine pairs naturally with food, revealing its connection to its place of origin in every glass. Its approachable personality is an authentic reflection of the Bardolino wine tradition.

With 92 points and a Best Buy designation, Wine Enthusiast recognizes this combination of regional identity, drinking pleasure, and value, highlighting the appeal of a wine whose easygoing charm is one of its most authentic qualities.

Bardolino Chiaretto 2025: 90 points and Best Buy for Lake Garda's rosé side

From the same land comes an entirely different expression. Monte del Frà Bardolino Chiaretto 2025 reveals the the brighter, more delicate side of Lake Garda through an Italian rosé defined by finesse and easy drinkability.

Far more than simply an alternative to red wine, this Chiaretto wine has a distinctive personality of its own, rooted in a winemaking tradition that has long celebrated the region’s remarkable versatility.
With 90 points and a Best Buy designation, Wine Enthusiast recognizes the quality and excellent value of this interpretation of Chiaretto di Bardolino.

Its versatility also shines at the table, as in this Chiaretto di Bardolino and burrata crostini pairing.

Two Sides of Lake Garda: One Region, Many Expressions

Perhaps one of the greatest strengths of the Lake Garda wine region lies in its ability to produce such remarkably different wines.

Among the rolling morainic hills and the gentle breezes of Lake Garda, nature has shaped a distinctive balance of soils, climate, and landscapes, offering an extraordinary range of possibilities for winemaking.

From this shared heritage emerge the lively character of Bardolino DOC and the bright elegance of Chiaretto: two expressions that do not compete, but complement each other, each revealing a different facet of the same land.

This diversity is a legacy that the Bonomo family, at the helm of Monte del Frà since 1958, continues to preserve and celebrate, honoring the identity of each wine and the natural rhythms of the land.

Discover the Two Sides of Lake Garda with Monte del Frà

Explore Monte del Frà Bardolino DOC 2025 and Bardolino Chiaretto 2025 through their official wine pages: two wines, two expressions, one shared story.