The Vineyard |
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I’m firmly convinced that the quality of wine is a faithful
mirror of care, dedication and love given to the vineyard. Only from good
grapes come good wine!
The work in the fields has always been dictated by Nature. A long and silent brotherhood between experience and human intelligence from pruning to harvest. As a winegrower I always try to read and interpret with wisdom the signs of Nature. It is important to find solutions that resolutely and dynamically lead to the improvement of quality with the deep respect and with the rediscovery of tradition. |
| The experimentation in the vineyard is for me the fascinating meeting
point between rational deduction and “instinctive” sensations. Every year
in this never-ending process, soil and vineyard teach me precious lessons
that always increase my sensitivity and my love for the country.
My vineyards are exclusively located in the Classic area of Soave that is the historically and traditionally most suitable to the vine growing. Bounded in 1931, it only includes the hilly area over the territories of Soave and Monteforte d’Alpone. |
| Pressoni, Carniga, Tovi, Tenda e Colobara are names of vineyards that
have been making the history of quality Soave. Precious vines, proudly
taking root at 330-830 feet above sea level in a number of hills geologically
very different. Exposures, microclimates and vine ages are highly different
as well. Variety and diversity that are of great and important richness.
In my vineyards the tilling system used are the traditional "pergoletta"
Veronese and, where it can give better results, the short espalier Guyot.
The common vine I till is the traditional Garganega. According to a legend told by old farmers, this vine arrived in Soave from Greece in the habit of a friar. A curious and evocative tale. In reality the Garganega exists in two varieties: normal and large. The leaf is large and has five lobes with U or V inlets. The bunch of grapes, longer than 10 inches, has a conic-pyramidal shape, an evident wing (“recia” that gives the name to Recioto), sparse grapes and a weight of more or less 6 ounces. The grapes are normal sized, with thin and gilded skin. They have loose pulp and neutral taste. A straw yellow wine with a delicate scent and pleasant acid taste is yielded from Garganega. The other traditional vine I am rediscovering and taking into account, as nowadays it is quite rare, is the Trebbiano of Soave. A very ancient vine that according to some experts can be identified with Verdicchio; it is also known as Trebbiano of Lugara or Turbiqua. It has medium sized leaf, three lobes and small inlets. The bunch of grapes has a pyramidal shape, large, dense, with an evident wing. The spherical grapes have green-yellow dotted skin, loose pulp, neutral, slightly acid. It is a strong vine that prefers dry and calcareous soils. The bunches of grapes ripen slightly before the Garganega, from the end of September and the first days of October. A thin straw wine, finely scented and slightly bitter is obtained by pure Trebbiano of Soave. |
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