Characteristics:

Denomination: DOCG Recioto della Valpolicella Classico

First harvest: 1942

Grapes: 35% Corvina 30% Corvinone 25% Rondinella 10% Molinara

Training system: Pergola Veronese and Guyot

Plant density: From 3,000 vines/ha for older plants to 6,000/6,600 vines/ha for more recent plants.

Harvest: Strictly by hand

Withering: The bunches are left to dry naturally in the fruit cellar, from the third ten days of October until the end of January, were periodically checked and had, at end of the process, a drop in volume of about 35%,appearing extremely healthy with no mold nor rot.

Vinification: Pressing and destemming of the grapes and followed by fermentation in stainless steel tanks, with maceration of about 18 days and numerous must replacement operations.

This was followed by malolactic fermentation, which ended approximately in May 2022.

Aging: From June 2022 the wine was placed in 12.5 hl Slavonian oak barrels, and there it spent an aging period of about 1 and a half years, to then be destined for the preparatory phases of bottling and a subsequent phase of aging in glass before being marketed

Food pairings: With a touch of sweetness but not too much and its balanced acidity, the "Recioto" has a fascinating almond aftertaste on the palate, an intriguing bitter-sweet finish. , with blue cheeses such as blue stilton or in contrast with foie gras or in Verona with the Christmas cotechino.

Alcohol content: 13.5% vol.