Friday, 30 July 2010 -  italiano

VINEYARDS

The vineyards are situated between Mount Zoppega in Monteforte and Mount Tondo in Soave, both within the “zona Classica”, the area that is more prone to yield a prestigious Soave.
Geographically speaking these two hills represent the extreme south side of the zona classica, so this was taken as an opportunity to baptize the first Soave Classico of the company, Soave Meridies.
The growing technique of the oldest vines is the classical “pergola veronese”, although it has been adapted to decrease the plants vigour and create a better tree balance, which will then ease the vinification steps. As for the new vines, the cultivation method is the Guyot, whereby the trees are more dense and the yield per plant is lower, thus allowing better sun radiation as compared to a traditional plants.

A little pedological oddness: the soils of mount Zoppega distinguish themselves from others because they are very dark coloured and have a high clay percentage, characteristics that make them richer, deeper and therefore able to produce finer wines with more body that can age longer.
The viticultural techniques focus on a specific objective, namely a plants balance that helps reach the complete maturation with high sugar levels and good amounts of aromatic components, all necessary conditions to obtain balanced and long lasting products.

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