“MA.GI.CO.” Garda Corvina DOC
Pure Corvina from Castelnuovo and Lazise, pale ruby with cherry and wild-strawberry aromas. A red to serve chilled, at white-wine temperature: fresh and savoury, with a red wine’s lasting finish. Four months in steel and one in bottle.
In the glass
- Tasting notes
- Pale ruby red with violet highlights, cherry and wild-strawberry notes. The freshness and savoury character of a white, with the persistence and length of a young red.
- Food pairings
- Fish, fried fish, aperitivi, fresh cheeses and pasta.
Technical data
The vineyard
- Grape varieties
- Corvina
- 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
- Mid-September.
- Ageing
- 4 months in stainless steel, then 1 month in bottle.
Picking
Hand-picked into small crates.
Winemaking
Short carbonic maceration and pressing. Alcoholic fermentation is completed at 24 °C in stainless steel, followed by malolactic fermentation with selected bacteria.
About this wine
An original interpretation of Corvina Veronese from Castelnuovo and Lazise. Its pale ruby colour introduces a fresh, savoury red, served at white-wine temperature yet with the lasting finish of a young red.
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