Azienda Agricola Montezovo, Valpolicella DOC, Veneto, Italy, 2023

Producer Profile

Montezovo wines are produced entirely with grapes from family-owned vines spread over the main Verona appellations: Valpolicella, Garda, Lugana and Lessini.

Each wine is the result of conscious choices made in the vineyard, where the interaction between grape, soil, climate and location is all carefully considered. Many of Montezovo’s vineyards lie at unusually high altitude for the region, with most around 550 metres above sea level and some reaching beyond 900 metres. These elevated sites bring cooler temperatures and greater diurnal range, encouraging slower ripening, fresher acidity and greater aromatic precision in the fruit. The fruits of this incredible terroir are most eloquently expressed in Montezovo’s flagship wine, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG.

Viticulture

The grapes come from different plots within our Tregnago Estate, Eastern Valpolicella. The soil is predominantly composed by calcareous marls and sedimentary. Yield per hectare range between 60 and 70 tons.

Winemaking

The harvest usually starts at the end of September. Grapes are selected and hand-picked. The grapes are destemmed and pressed. Fermentation takes place in inert vessels and lasts about 15/20 days. Temperature is controlled during the whole phase and remains between 20 and 24° C. Once the fermentation is finished, the wine is run off its skins, and goes into inert vessels for a few months remaining on its lees until bottling.

Tasting Note

Purple red. Intense aromas of black cherries. Hints of bitter almonds and ripe fruit. Full bodied, intense and soft tannins. Long aftertaste.

Food matching

A red wine which could be paired with typical Mediterranean recipes.