Soave Roncà Monte Calvarina

Denominazione di origine controllata

GRAPE VARIETES: Garganega.

VINEYARDS: 9 hectares cultivated using the guyot method on the volcanic hills of Mount Calvarina in the municipality of Roncà. Altitude ranges from 250 to 400 metres. 4500 vines/hectare.

VINEYARD AGE: 20 years.

HARVEST: hand-picked in 10 kg crates.

PERIOD: 90% of the product at the end of September, remaining at the end of October.

FERMENTATION and AGEING: in steel vats.

APPEARANCE: straw-coloured yellow.

ON THE NOSE: complex arontas of white flowers, gooseberry, lemon and grapefruit, thyme and rosemary.

TASTING NOTES: elegant, refined and spicy with a nice acidity.

AGEING: virtuously evolves in the bottle for at least 10 years, deep colour with intense green notes, complex and mineral aromas, great velvetness and elegance. Great drinkability remains intact. The screw cap version is preferred.

PAIRINGS: "when young" shellfish and cudite, fried fish and cured meats, after ageing for 5/6 years, it pairs well with complex dishes such as Baccalà alla Vicentina.