APPELLATION Recioto della Valpolicella D.O.C.G. GRAPE VARIETIES Corvina Veronese 70%, Rondinella 30% VINEYARD LOCATION Hillsides of the Valpolicella production area SOIL CHARACTERISTIC Clayey and calcareous TRAINING SYSTEM Arbour

FOOD PAIRINGS

This wine accompanies cheeses and chocolate cakes splendidly. Traditionally, it is enjoyed with sweets such as short crust pastry, cookies and cakes, but it is also an ideal combination with strawberries and many other tropical fruits.

Serve at 14°C (57°F).

HARVEST Manual harvest of selected bunches carried out in the second half of September PRESSING De-stalking then soft crushing of the grapes in late January or early February FERMENTATION In temperature controlled stainless steel tanks AGEING 5 months in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, 15 months in oak (half in large Slavonian oak barrels, half in second use barriques), 6 months in bottle ALCOHOL CONTENT 13,10% Vol