1 BOTTLE X 75cl. 

Type: dry red wine
Area: Colli Berici
Variety: Carmenère 70% - Merlot 30%

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VINEYARD:
SITE: Lonigo and San Germano dei Berici (VI) 
ALTITUDE: 50 - 250 m.a.s.l. 
EXPOSITION: south 
SOIL NATURE: iron-rich clay over limestone
GROWING SYSTEM: guyot (Carmenere) and pergola
DENSITY: 5,000 vines / ha
VINEYARD AGE: from 10 to 42 years
AVERAGE YIELD: 50 Hl / ha 
HAND PICKED
Annual production: 80,000 bottles

ENOLOGY
All varieties are 100% destemmed. After 12 days' maceration in upright stainless fermenters with internal paddles the must is racked and malo occurs in steel. The wine is aged in 2nd ­fill 225l French oak barriques for 12 months. A fi­nal racking is followed by a gentle pad ­filtration before bottling. The wine is unfi­ned.

IMPRESSIONS
Vivid ruby core with a narrow purple rim. Pronounced nose with black cherry, damson, soy, cocoa and Parma violet. Elegant front-palate with fresh acidity, firm, integrated tannins and length.

RECOMMENDED COMBINATION:
At its best with local salami (sopressa, sopressa with garlic and Val Liona DOP ham) and grilled pork.