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.