Montebaldo Bardolino Doc Le Grotte Vinicio Bronzo

Wine aged in terracotta amphorae!

– 12.5% vol.
– Brilliant ruby red
– Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara
– structured
– 16-18°C peppery dishes, salami with polenta

Organoleptic characteristics

Brilliant ruby red in colour, the nose is frank and clean with spicy notes of white pepper that stand out above all, accompanied by hints of small red fruits and pomegranate. In the mouth, it is medium structured with dry tannins that are rounded by the ageing in amphora. The minerality and savouriness lend a good persistence to the palate that is immediately ready for a second sip.

Accompaniments

The spicy note makes it a wine that goes well with dishes that are also ‘peppery’, excellent if paired with a carbonara, a gricia or cacio e pepe pasta, as far as second courses are concerned, it is a pleasant accompaniment to a grilled meat or a simple but tasty salamella with polenta.

Vinification

Vinification is done without added sulphites, to do this the grapes are selected in the field, so that only the healthiest ones are chosen. Once in the cellar, alcoholic fermentation begins immediately, with contact on the marc that can last 15 days or more. Once the alcoholic fermentation is over, only the flower wine is drawn off without pressing the marc, after three/four months of refinement in steel, the wine completes its ageing in amphora for about 12-14 months, and is then bottled.

Vineyards

The grapes that make up this wine come from a single vineyard called Le Grotte, a terraced vineyard supported by dry-stone walls, at an altitude between 350 and 400 metres above sea level, with south-southeast exposure. The training system is the double Veronese pergola.