Wines - Tenute del Garda - Lake of Garda

“True connoisseurs do not drink wine. tasted secrets“. Salvador Dalì

VISTA LAGO

Garda Classico Groppello d.o.p.

La meditazione

The choice of the name “Vista Lago” stems from our vineyards literally “looking over the lake”. The thermal fluctuations of day and night that these plots are exposed grant the grapes heightened intensity of aromas to the grapes.

The “Vista Lago” wine is a great expression of the “Groppello” vine and of its terroir. The diligent selection of grapes during harvest, the “Appassimento” in small crates, the culling before the pressing, a long and careful fermentation and the partial maturation in french oak casks give this lively wine its energy while also granting elegance and potential.

specifications

Variety: Groppello

Vineyards: Barcuzzi, Lucone, Storietta

Soil: Limestone and clay with some light skeletal content

Method: Guyote

Spacing: 2,4 x 1

Density: 4000 plants / ha

Average age of plants: ranging from 25 – 40 years

Yield: 4000kg/ha

Vintage: manual in crates of 4kg max.

Appassimento: about 50 days

Maturation: 30% of the wine ages in french tonneaux barrels of two varying toasts

Production: 4000 bottles

Alcohol by volume: 14%

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SOTTOSOPRA

La Follia

A turbulent wine, produced according to the traditional method for white wine, without sulfur but with a little craziness and and a lot of enthusiasm. A classically produced wine that is in constant evolution. We sell it after at least 18-24 month on the yeast, we allow our clients to decide the complexity and further evolution according to their taste and requirements.

A wine in constant evolution, literally “turbolento”/turbulent as the yeasts of the second fermentation remain in the bottle, so that after opening it, you will notice the classical turbid colour from which this wine derives its name. Our folly pushes us to discover the possibilities of this new creation and the constant work we put in makes “Sottosopra” (upside-down) a unique wine in its genre.

Specifications

Vine varieties: Groppello
Vineyard region: Coste, Piazze
Land type: Calcareous, clay by Morenic’s hills.
Growing method: Guyot
Planting distances: 2.40 x 1
Planting density: plants/ha 4000
Average age of vines: from 15 to 40 years
Yield per hectare: 8 ton
Grape harvest: manual
Winemaking: in white, soft crushing with 60% must extraction
Classic Method: refermentation in bottles
Alcohol by volume: 12% vol

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LUCONE

Garda Classico Groppello d.o.p.

Terroir

Lucone is a large lake, a wide wood, a great vine. Time lives beneath the surface and it reveals itself in the archaeological remains that lies within. The Palaeolithic gave to the Lake Garda region a jar containing, besides cereal seeds, a vine seed.

From the first light of the beginning a line of reality and image starts, joining us together in a dream: the objective continuity that turns existence into a tradition to share and preserve.

specifications

Vine varieties: Groppello, Marzemino, Sangiovese e Barbera
Vineyard region: Lucone, Storietta, Barcuzzi
Land type: Calcareous, clay by Morenic’s hills.
Growing method: Guyot
Planting distances: 2.40 x 1
Planting density: plants/ha 4000
Average age of vines: from 5 to 40 years
Yield per hectare: 8 ton
Grape harvest: manual
Production: 60.000 bottles
Alcohol by volume: 12,5% vol

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RE DESIDERIO

Il Blend

The voice of Lake Garda listens to the echoes of the surrounding hills. Valtenesi satisfies its need of strength with its being in that place in which it lies.

The intense red of Re Desiderio is made of the last autumn sun, the evolving taste and scent of the season and the tone of the vine leaves.

Specifications

Vine varieties: Groppello, Marzemino, Sangiovese and autochthonous variety
Vineyard region: Lucone, Storietta, Barcuzzi
Growing method: Guyot
Planting distances: 2.40 x 1
Planting density plants/ha: 4000
Average age of vines: from 25 to 40 years
Yield per hectare: 7,5 ton
Grape harvest: manual
Production: 30.000 bottles
Alcohol by volume: 13,5% vol

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CHIARETTO

Riviera del Garda Classico Chiaretto D.O.P.

The Pink

Chiaretto is a historical production of Valtènesi and the entire Lake Garda, and the traditional technique has its roots in the work of the Venetian senator Pompeo Molmenti who, having married a rich woman of Salò, owned a villa and some vineyards in Moniga del Garda.

It is said that the Molmenti’s intuition was born during a trip to France, where he would have appreciated the local rosé wines and would have studied their production methods. Back in Italy, in 1896 he applied “White” winemaking to the traditional grapes of Garda region, that is Groppello, Marzemino, Barbera and Sangiovese, thus creating and spreading a type of rosé still produced and appreciated over the years.

Specifications

Vine varieties: Groppello, Marzemino, Sangiovese and Barbera
Vineyard region: Storietta, Cantarane, Barcuzzi
Growing method: Guyot
Planting distances: 2.40 x 1
Planting density plants/ha: 4000
Average age of vines: from 5 to 30 years
Yield per hectare: 8 ton
Grape harvest: manual
Production: 20.000 bottles
Alcohol: by volume 12% vol

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Awards

Gold Medal at International Selection of Wines Canada 2017

RIESLING

Garda Riesling d.o.p.

La Mineralità

The Riesling grape is present in all of our wineyards, both, in form of the Italian and as the German variety. The union of both types symbolizes our constant efforts and the passion in keeping true to a production where personal freedom and the passion for a common goal meet.

Our fertile earth responds and with its calcareous clay component to allow for the harmoneous marriage of these Italian and German varieties.

Specifications

Vine varieties: Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano
Vineyard region: Storietta, Lucone, Cantarane, Belvedere and Barcuzzi
Growing method: Guyot
Planting distances: 2.40 x 1
Planting density plants/ha: 4000
Average age of vines: from 25 to 40 years
Yield per hectare: 8 ton
Grape harvest: manual
Production: 10.000 bottles
Alcohol by volume: 13% vol

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BRUT

Il Classico

The Brut “Tenute del Garda” is made with the Charmat method during a long period of at least ninety days, and lets taste the territory with a difference. It does it with elegance and a committed flavor note due to the Italian and Renisch riesling vineso, combined with the fresh vitality of Chardonnay. It imparts to those who taste the pleasant taste of the immediate freshness in synergy with the body and persistence.

Specifications

Vine varieties: Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Chardonay
Vineyard region: Belvedere, Cantarane
Growing method: Guyot
Planting distances: 2.40 x 1
Planting density plants/ha: 4000
Average age of vines: from 5 to 40 years
Yield per hectare: 8 ton
Grape harvest: manual
Production: 3.000 bottles
Alcohol by volume: 12.5% vol

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BRUT ROSE’

L'innovazione

Chiaretto brings a bit ‘of madness while keeping its feet on the ground. It get a ninety days autoclave refermentation until it reaches its aroma of small red fruits and flowers like rose: its soft and velvety taste makes it ideal for any moment of the day.

Specifications

Vine varieties: Groppello, Marzemino, Sangiovese e Barbera
Vineyard region: Storietta, Cantarane, Barcuzzi
Growing method: Guyot
Planting distances: 2.40 x 1
Planting density plants/ha: 4000
Average age of vines: from 5 to 40 years
Yield per hectare: 8 ton
Grape harvest: manual
Production: 3.000 bottles
Alcohol by volume: 13% vol