Antolini, Corvina Veronese IGT "Ciodoli" Veneto, Italy NV

Corvina Veronese is a intense, ruby red color with a bouquet of berries and sultana grapes and a fresh and savory flavor, with mild tannins and a slight spiciness. The wine goes well with red meat, fresh or mature cheese, salamis, or a traditional risotto.

This wine is made from Corvina and Corvinone, carefully handpicked from the end of from vines in the Valpolicella Classica area in the towns of Marano di Valpolicella, San Pietro in Cariano and Negrar. The vineyards are at a height of 150 to 350m above sea level.

In order to obtain a pleasant roundness, 20% of grapes are left to dry for two weeks then pressed with fresh grapes (picked in October) in a de-stemming winepress and fermented for 7 days in steel containers with automatically controlled temperature and indigenous yeasts. The wine is partly aged in oak barrels and partly in stainless steel tanks for 12 months.