Ettore IGT
Dedicated to Giovanna’s son, with its first vintage in 2003. An intense red made with dried Corvina grapes, aged for twenty-four months in French barriques and ten in bottle. Red fruit, balsamic notes and oriental spices, with silky, sweet tannins.
In the glass
- Tasting notes
- Deep, intense ruby red with violet highlights. Intense, complex aromas of red fruit, balsamic notes and oriental spices. Powerful, generous and persistent.
- Food pairings
- Grilled red meats, savoury pies and game.
Technical data
The vineyard
- Grape varieties
- Corvina, Merlot
- Soil
- Glacial (morainic), gravelly, calcareous and alluvial soils.
- Altitude
- 100 metres above sea level
- Vine training
- Guyot
- Exposure
- South
- Yield per hectare
- 60 quintals/ha
The cellar
- Harvest period
- Late September / early October.
- Ageing
- 24 months in barriques, then 10 months in bottle.
Picking
Hand-picked from selected vineyards into 4 kg ventilated crates. Only the Corvina grapes are dried in a chamber for 15–20 days at 18 °C, preserving freshness and varietal aromas.
Winemaking
Destemming, crushing, maceration and fermentation in steel at 28 °C, separately for each variety. Délestage encourages polyphenol extraction. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation takes place in French barriques.
About this wine
Dedicated to Giovanna’s son, with its first vintage in 2003. Corvina and Merlot from carefully selected vineyards, with only the Corvina grapes dried: an intense, powerful and persistent wine, aged at length in barriques.
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