Valpolicella DOC Classico Superiore - Fugolo Gianluca

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Winery | Fugolo Gianluca |
Region | Veneto |
Wine type | Red |
Classification | Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC |
Year | 2021 |
Format | 0.75 |
Alcohol | 14% |
Grapes | 70% Corvina Veronese e Corvinone Veronese - 30% Rondinella |
Vinification | The grapes are left to dry for about 20 days. Great attention is paid to checking the integrity of the grapes and the health of the bunch. Pressing of the dried grapes. Fermentation at a controlled temperature of 28 ° C with two daily punching down; maceration for 15 days. |
Ageing | Maturation in 50hl Slavonian oak barrels for 12 months and evolution of the wine in the bottle for 6 months |
Specifications | |
Color | Intense garnet red. |
Fragrance | Elegant, spicy, floral, fruity cherry, strawberry), black pepper, tobacco. |
Flavor | Dry, full, savoury and pleasantly tannic flavour, with an elegant, lingering aftertaste of plum preserve and toasted almonds. |
Pairing | Particularly suitable with Amarone risotto, pumpkin risotto, roast red meats and small game. It also goes perfectly with crusted fillet, sliced beef and lamb ribs. |
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The Fugolo Gianluca Agricultural Company was born in the heart of the Valpolicella Classica a few steps from Lake Garda, on the left bank of the Adige river in the town of Pescantina (VR).
Family of farmers for four generations, the great-grandfather Modesto with his son Vittorio moved in 1940 to work as a sharecropper from Padua to Verona, in the same footsteps my father Mario carries on his passion for this land by creating a small family-run business in the heart of Pescantina: "the land of peaches"
Today, with the same passion and toughness, I carry on the family farm growing peaches, vines and olives between Pescantina, San Pietro in Cariano and Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella and Calmasino.
The fifth generation is the future: my daughters Michela and Sofia. I am transfer them on the same passion as their grandfather Mario and my vision of agriculture...
