Soave Classico Monte Tenda

Grape varieties: 100% Garganega

This wine is made from grapes produced in vineyards in the hills of the classic Soave zone.

Winemaking technique: Grapes are harvested by hand half-way through October (Garganega gives best results when it is a bit overripe). The must, after a short period of contact with the skins, ferments for one week in steel at a temperature of 64-68°F. Then it remains in steel for another 5 months before it is bottled. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation during this period.

Description of the wine: Color - Straw yellow. Clear and transparent. Bouquet - Strongly fruity and complex, very clean with notes of dry fruit such as almonds. Flavor - Good body and a good balance of acidity, structure and alcohol. Almond after-taste.

Combinations: aperitifs, fish hors d’oeuvres, fish. Serve at 50-54°F

UPC 750ML 0 12086 93181 9

Bardolino Classico

Grape varieties: 30% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, 10% Molinara, Rossignola, Oseleta, Negrara, Dindarella

This wine is produced with the same grape varieties as are used in Valpolicella wine, grown in vineyards in the Classic Bardolino zone near to Lake Garda.

Winemaking technique: The grapes are harvested by hand at the start of October. Alcoholic fermentation takes place simultaneous with a short eight-day steeping period at a temperature of 82 - 86°F. Three pumpings over are performed each day during the first three days of fermentation. Each pumping over calls for moving one third of the volume of the must. This favors steeping of the skins and release of more coloring substances and extract to the wine. The cap of marc is kept submerged during the last 5 days of fermentation. After fermentation the wine ages 1 year in Slavonia oak barrels (5000 liter capacity). Malolactic fermentation takes place during this period. The wine is bottled after it achieves chemical and biological stability. It is refined in the bottle for several months and then marketed.

Description of the wine: Color - Strong ruby red. Clear and transparent. Bouquet - Fresh with notes of cherry amalgamated with notes of wood. Flavor - Good body and structure. The after-taste confirms the notes in the bouquet.
A pleasing and elegant Bardolino. Can be preserved for 3/4 years.

Combinations: an all-dinner wine. Serve at 59°F

UPC 750ML 0 12086 93081 2