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Colle Sant'Antonio
Soave Classico DOC
The Colle Sant’Antonio is obtained only with Garganega grapes, prepared in the vineyard using a special technique where the bunches of grapes cut. The result is a beautifully complex wine with characters of exotic and baked fruits.
Production area Monteforte d’Alpone
Vineyard age 50 – 70 years
Altitude 150/250 meters
Soil type volcanic
Grape variety 100% Garganega, selection of grapes
Runing system Pergola Veronese
Yield per hectare 50 hl/ha
Harvest period cut of the garganega vines shoot on the first dawning moon of september. Air–drying of the grapes for one month. Harvest in mid October.
Winemaking techniques the grapes are destemmed and pressed softly. Fermentation is carried out at 13° C in 30 hl casks made of Allier oak. The wine is left to mature in oak for 18 months.
DESCRIPTION
The wine’s in tense yellow colour expresses the complexity of this wine. The boquet is very fruit with aromas of mature yellow fruit, cinnamon, fresh vanilla, acacia honey and chestnuts. The acidity balances the high alcohol content and the full body. The tertiary that develop from the period of maturation in oak give this wine complexity on the palate, more roundness and alonger finish. On the aftertaste clear notes of tas ted almond and candied apriot can be detected.
Ideal with traditional food: liver “alla veneziana”, sardein saor and baccalà alla vicentina. It also marries well with truffle egg or mature cheese and blue cheese.
COLLE SANT’ANTONIO ACCORDING TO GRAZIANO
“Rich, deep and luscious; the Colle Sant’Antonio is a small reserve from Garganega that I carefully select in the vineyard and then patiently wait for in the cellar.”
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