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

Producer Profile

Montezovo wine estate, owned by the Cottini Family, places most of their business focus on managing terroir and biodiversity.

Montezovo wine estate, owned by the Cottini Family, places most of their business focus on managing terroir and biodiversity. Montezovo wines are the result of careful and conscious choices in the vineyards, where the interaction between the vine’s varietal, soil, climate and geographic position are all carefully considered. Most of the vineyards are located over 550m above sea level with some beyond 900m which form an average altitude much higher than the appellation usually sees and they see clear benefits for both vines and grapes. Montezovo wines are produced entirely with grapes from the family-owned vineyards, spread over the main Verona appellations: Valpolicella, Garda, Lugana and Lessini. Each wine is the expression of the identity of the vineyard and the result of the never-ending research for innovation and sustainability, the results of this incredible terroir are the flagship wines of Montezovo: Calinverno Rosso Veronese and 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.