Solane Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore DOC 75 cl Santi

THE GRAPES
Corvina, Rondinella.
PRODUCTION AREA
Various selected plots on the hills of the classic area, between the valleys of Negrar, Marano and San Pietro.
ALTITUDE AND EXPOSURE
The vineyards are located between 150 and 300 meters above sea level. with main exposure to the south-west and a smaller part to the south-east.
SOIL CHARACTERISTICS
Clayey-limestone in nature, rich in skeleton.
TRAINING SYSTEM
Trained mainly with guyot and partly with pergola. Production per hectare is strictly limited.
HARVEST
Starting from the end of September, the bunches are hand-picked into boxes and immediately taken to the cellar.
VINIFICATION
The different batches of grapes are vinified separately "in red" with 15 days of maceration and with careful management of temperatures and pumping over to try to diversify the wines by enhancing the peculiarities of the grapes and the territory to be from which they derive.
Valpolicella waits until January for the production of the Amaroni Santi to be "Ripassato" on their pomace thanks to which it acquires power and character. REFINEMENT After the blend, to harmonize these contrasting structural and aromatic components, the wine matures in tonneau and barrels, made of European oak and a small part of cherry. The aging in wood lasts a total of 18 months.
After bottling, appropriate refinement in glass precedes marketing.
ABV
14% vol 

Contains sulphites.