MASSIMINO ROSSO VERONA, VENTURINI- VINTAGE 2015

Simply a great wine: dense, impenetrable ruby red with garnet glints.

• Massimino is a wine that expressed a high degree of compactness in the mouth, but also excellent balance: the alcohol content is offset by the freshness, and the perceptibly savory dryness of the tannins accompany the tail, with a happy return of fruit jam at the very end.
• This wine is dedicated to our father, Massimino, a man with a steadfast, determined character whose rather brusque manner concealed a great heart and an invariably benevolent gaze. Massimino is a wine obtained from a brief raisining of the grapes that gives the wine an extra round, velvety character.
• GRAPE VARIETIES: Corvina 70% Rondinella 20% Corvinone 10
• ALCOHOL: 15% by vol.
• VINEYARDS: Located in the Valpolicella Classica district in a hilly area about 250 mt above sea level – mainly southwestern exposure – planted in deep, fertile, moderately structured soil.
• GROWING SYSTEM: Guyot – density of 5,000 plants per hectare – average age of vineyards: 30 years – average buds per plant: 10
• YIELD PER HECTARE: 8,000 kilograms
• Harvested and sorted by hand, generally in the second week of September
• VINIFICATION: Raisining of selected bunches on platforms until November (loss of 30% of the weight) – pressing with destemming – maceration on the skins for 20 days, pumping over daily – fermentation between 10°C and 20°C – racking off and transfer to wood, where the wine matures for 24 months, part in oaken casks and part in tonneaux – aged in the bottle for 6 months after bottling
• Food Pairing: Excellent with mixed platters of grilled meats, for an original pairing we suggest that you try it with spicy foods like a meat goulash or a spicy vegetable soup.