Soave Contrada Salvarenza 2010 Magnum Gini
Wine description
The legend of “Salvarenza” says that a young woman called Renza, threatened by bandits, was saved by a noble knight in the area where the variety for this great Cru is produced. The vineyards are over 100 years old and the wine suitable for prolonged ageing.
Tasting Notes
Bright greenish golden yellow, complex and profound nose, mineral, rich in sweet and enveloping fruity notes, yellow flowers and tropical fruit; fat in the mouth, sapid, mineral, flint and cloves, ripe pear, yellow peach. Dense, round and intense, the finish is distinct and persistent. Wine suitable for a long aging.
Vinification
The grapes are hand picked and placed in wooden boxes. Soft pressing and brief contact of the must with the skins, with Immediate cooling of the must. Fermentation is wholly in wood - big barrels and French oak casks (aged 3 years minimum), malolactic fermentation is completed. No sulphites are added during the vinification process.
Ageing
The wine ages for 12 months in oak barrels of 228 litres capacity and in big barrels, on its lees and bottle age for at least 6 months at optimal temperature and humidity in winery's cellar carved in the rock.