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Valpolicella Superiore DOC 2021
$37.95
Roccolo Callisto
- Country: Italy
- Appellation: Valpolicella Superiore DOC
- Varietal: 60% Corvina / 35% Corvinone / 5% Rondinella
- Alc/vol: 13.5%
- Sweetness: Dry
- Cellaring Potential: Drink now or hold up to 5 years
Tasting Notes: On the nose, this wine is alive and bursting with aromas of ripe cherries, raspberries and strawberries. It becomes more complex with each swirl in the glass, exposing notes of cinnamon spice and peppercorn. It’s medium bodied, dry, with firm tannins and high acidity. A small portion of this wine is separated and aged in terracotta amphorae for about a year. When blended back with the rest of the wine, the final product remains elegant and fresh with a mineral undercurrent throughout – a unique perspective on Valpolicella Superiore!
Start any meal with this Valpolicella Superiore!
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Valpolicella Superiore DOC 2021
- pergola training system
- average age of vines is 15 years old
- chalky soils
- hand picked
- 3 different types of aging for approximately 12 months:
- stainless steel (50%)
- French oak tonneau (30%)
- terracotta amphorae (20%)
- 100% organic
4000 bottles produced.
Since 1970, the Roccolo Callisto azienda has been a small, but biodiverse piece of farmland in the foothills of the Valpolicella region, just outside the city of Verona. For the past 50 years, grapes have been sustainably cultivated on this land, but it wasn’t until 2015 when an official winery was built on the estate under the Roccolo Callisto name. Today, the winery includes a total of 23 hectares of land, 11 of which are devoted to vineyards and the rest to cherries, olives, forest and beehives. The philosophy behind Roccolo Callisto is to produce traditional Valpolicella wines that showcase the true terroir of the region, while consciously protecting the natural paradise these grapes are grown in. With a deep respect for the conservation of their land, winemaker Elia Braguzzi makes decisions every day to promote responsible wine production while encouraging the survival of the property’s biodiverse microcosm. Stylistically, Elia chooses to keep the varietal expression fresh and pure without using much oak aging. To keep away from heavier wood notes, the Roccolo Callisto wines are typically aged in stainless steel, the traditional Roman clay amphora, or a neutral Slavonian oak for a short period of time. The main grape grown and used to make Valpolicella DOC wines is the red grape, Corvina. Other red varietals that are commonly blended in are Rondinella, Molinara and Corvinone. These grapes have sensitive skins that are prone to rot (especially in the mountainous raincloud region that Valpolicella is) so the pergola trellising system is commonly seen to train these vines. Pergolas allow air to flow through the vines and keep grape bunches dry during the growing season.
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So what makes Roccolo Callisto different?
| Colour | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Valpolicella |
| Winemaking | Organic |
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