Cantina Nepos Villae – Valpolicella Classic Superior D.O.C. – Contrà del Tono – Avvenice

Cantina Nepos Villae – Classic Valpolicella – Wine Carved in The Stone

A territory steeped in history and humanity, marked by small stone villages and silent districts, ancient fountains and marble wash-houses. Dorsals crossed by long dry stone walls, the marogna, carved between marl and rock, in support of vineyards, olive trees and cherry trees. Ancient Romanesque churches raise the bell towers beyond the gaze. They mark the territory and merge with towers and ruins of medieval castles. Capitals marked by ancestral frescoes, remain a sentinel of the human soul. Valpolicella tells the silences and throb of a never tame humanity.

Valpolicella Classic Superior D.O.C. – 2015 – Contrà del Tono

The district that no longer exists. Contrà del Tono could be encountered a time along the way from Villa saliva towards Quena. In the beautiful original family map of 1746, edited by the engineer Cristofoli, it can still be recognized.

Contrà del Tono is an indelible seal of the Valpolicella Classica. A village of stone and humanity that can not be forgotten. We have given voice back to a little jewel of this valley, a sincere tribute to women and men who belonged to these lands.

Production Zone

Valle di Negrar, classic Valpolicella.

Blend

Corvina gentile, Corvina large, Rondinella, Molinara.

Harvest

By hand with placement of the grapes in the box in the second half of September. Part of the grapes was dried for a period of 40 days.

Crushing

Soft in horizontal press at low temperature.

Fermentation

Vinification in steel at controlled temperature and subsequent light cryomaceration with hand punching down.

Aging

After vinification in red, the wine is aged in large French oak barrels of Allier and Troncais for 8 months. Subsequently the wine is left to refine in the bottle about 5 months before being placed on the market.

Organoleptic Characteristics

The ruby ​​red wine with intense red highlights and a nice consistency in the glass. Good verticality of the aromas on the nose with a clear sensation of ripe cherry and berries. Spice of black pepper and cloves with a pleasant slightly balsamic sensation of fine herbs, rosemary and thyme.

On the palate it is particularly elegant with a candid and sinuous tannin. Good flavor and decisive structural freshness. Good persistence and finely almond finish.

Serving

Contrà del Tono is a Valpolicella Superiore of beautiful elegance and goes well with spicy salami of the ancient Venetian tradition as well as medium-aged cheeses, preferably of a vaccine nature. Ideal also to accompany first courses of white meat and red sauces.

With typical Tuscan soups made with cereals and legumes, chickpeas, cicerchie, zolferini and borlotti beans.

Service Temperature

Serve at 14 – 16 ° C.