• VINEYARDS: The Monte Sant’Urbano property in the municipality of Fumane, located on a hill at between 280 and 350 m./a.s.l.,The average age of the vines is high.
• GRAPE VARIETIES: Corvina Veronese e Corvinone 75%, Rondinella 20%, Molinara 5%.
• VINIFICATION: Manual picking is followed by 25-30 days’ drying of the grapes. In November, these are destemmed and pressed and fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks.
• AGEIN:24 months in 500 l. French oak barrels. Maturation in bottle for 6 months.
• ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13,5% vol.
• TASTING NOTE: A deep ruby red color with a broad and intense bouquet redolent of fruit and aromatic herbs. There are spicy hints on the firm and forthright – yet rounded and elegant – palate.
• SERVING SUGGESTIONS: It goes perfectly with all grilled red meats, braised meats, roasts and cheeses.

ABOUT SPERI WINERY:

• The Speri Winery, one of the historical families of Valpolicella and with a story that begins in the first half of the 1800s, has now entered its seventh generation making wine from about 60 hectares of vineyards in the most select Valpolicella Classica areas.