Amarone Della Valpolicella Selezione Castagnedi
Colour: ruby red with purple reflections.
Aroma: ripe red fruit, spicy aromas of liquorice, black pepper and
hints of chocolate.
Flavour: well balanced, with fat tannins, soft, warm, savoury, elegant, fine and fresh.
PRODUCTION AREA
Municipality of Mezzane di Sotto - Monti Garbi District (Verona).
TYPE OF SOIL
Sandy, silty with a lot of white skeletal limestone.
VINEYARD ALTITUDE
300 m a.s.l.
GRAPES
Corvina and Corvinone 70% - Rondinella 20% - Croatina 5% - Oseleta 5%
AGES OF VINES
20-25 years.
TRAINING SYSTEM
Guyot and Pergola.
VINE DENSITY
4.000 - 8.000 vines per ha.
YIELD
90 q ha.
VINIFICATION
In steel at a controlled temperature. Harvest: double hand selection in trays. Pressing: soft with pneumopress in December. Raisining: 3 months. Fermentation: at a controlled temperature with selected yeasts
for 25 days in steel. Malolactic fermentation: natural in 500 litre barrels. Bâtonnage: once a week for the
first year.
AGEING
2 years in new 500 litre casks of French oak
QUANTITY PRODUCED
80.000 bottles
