“La Rocca” Bardolino DOC
Corvina and Rondinella from the La Rocca subzone of Bardolino DOC. Ruby red, with cherry and woodland-berry notes, soft and balanced. Aged 80% in steel and 20% in large wooden casks, followed by bottle ageing.
In the glass
- Tasting notes
- An expressive ruby colour, with cherry and woodland-berry aromas. Persistent, soft and balanced on the palate.
- Food pairings
- Risotto, meat, tortellini, cheese, ravioli, fish, chestnuts and mushrooms.
Technical data
The vineyard
- Grape varieties
- Corvina, Rondinella
- Soil
- Glacial (morainic), gravelly, calcareous and alluvial soils.
- Altitude
- 100 metres above sea level
- Vine training
- Guyot
- Exposure
- South
- Yield per hectare
- 90 quintals/ha
Vineyard work
Careful canopy management before veraison and yield assessment as harvest approaches. Vineyards and grapes are selected according to ripeness.
The cellar
- Harvest period
- Late September / early October, first selection.
- Ageing
- 80% aged for 15 months in stainless-steel tanks; 20% for 12 months in large wooden casks. 3 months in bottle.
Picking
Hand-picked into small crates.
Winemaking
Each variety is vinified separately at phenolic ripeness. Fermentation at a controlled 26 °C is followed by a short maceration and spontaneous malolactic fermentation. The wines are blended in accordance with the appellation rules.
About this wine
The expression of Giovanna’s twenty-year journey with an appellation she has made her own. A wine that represents her so closely that her face appears on the label: Corvina, Rondinella and the balanced identity of Lake Garda.
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