PV Tasting Notes
The 2010 harvest was clearly a good vintage for White Wines, this year the wine contains all the aromatic profile of the 2009, Juicy Peaches and cream, dripping pear, lots of floral and even more clearly defined both on the nose and in the mouth, perhaps I’m just getting used to this wine, but the more I have of it, the more I like it. This vintage is beautifully crafted, the wine is singing and such a graceful song, soft, fresh and vibrant with touches of honeyed fruit in the finish. A White wine which is almost like a red in structure, certainly this is a wine to reflect on.
Background: while inspecting some vineyards in 1999, I noticed an old Rondinella vine with a cane bearing some strangely whitish clusters. Curious, I began experimenting to see if I could obtain grapes that were completely white. After a few years, this proved feasible, and we now have a vineyard block with sound genetic material. It differs from the “black” Rondinella in that the leaves are a lighter colour, it grows with medium vigour, and bears grapes that resemble, depending on sunlight, the coppery tone typical of Pinot Grigio.
Other grapes selected: by design, the other component varieties in the blend are from grapes that are the result of crossbreeding. They were selected through my personal concept of balance as well as for their individual character.
Technical data: Vineyard vintage 1998/2003 – Training system: Guyot 6500 vines per hectare.
Area: East Valpolicella Valley Output: 60-80Q.li –wine output 55-60%
Vineyards practices: shoot thinning, leaf removal, cluster thinning.
Harvest, Fermentation, and Maturation: the clusters are harvested in wooden boxes during the second and third decades of September, de-stemmed and pressed. The juice macerates on the skins for a few hours, settles at 7-8°C, and ferments for 15 days.
Technical data: Alcohol 13% - Non-reducing extract 20,00 g/l Tot. ac. 4,50 g/l - pH 3,45
Wine description: a yellow-flecked pale green; expansive bouquet, with hints of citrus and herbs such as mint; on the palate, complex and full-bodied with notable viscosity, and an almost endless finish.