Bardolino

Denominazione di Origine Controllata

Classico

Wine

Red dry wine

Grapes

Corvina 70%, Rondinella 20%, Sangiovese 10%

Production area

Classic area of Bardolino, county of Bardolino, Lazise, Garda and Cavaion, on the hilly shores of South East Lake Garda. Altitude from 100 to 250 mt.

Soil

Gravelly, of morenic origin.

Growing technique

Guyot, pergola

Vinification

Soft pressing of the grapes. Fermentation for 7 days at controlled temperature 23-25° C.

Preservation in inox tanks until bottling. Complete malolactic fermentation.

Refinement

5 months in steel

Organoleptic aspects

Colour: red light ruby . Bouquet: wine, delicate and pleasant perfume. Sign of viola and violet. Taste: sapid, dry and vivid. With characteristic bitter almond background.

Alcohol content

12% vol.

Serving temperature

16-18°C

Gastronomical combination

Wine for the whole meal, from first courses to meat, both red or white.

Preservation

Can be aged for 1-2 years.

   

The incomparable scene of the productive zone of the Bardolino Classico DOC is the limited territory border to the homonym municipality, rich in green vineyards, in silvery olives and standing cypresses, clearly sheered on the blue of the lake.
The soil of his morainic hills, loose and often pebbly, smoothed by the ancestral glacier of the Garda, has an especial viticultural aptitude.

Generous table wine, the Bardolino Classico DOC has a deep ruby red color, with a vinous scent, a violet smell. It has a dry, sapid, harmonic taste, with a tendency to be velvety and mindlessly bitterish with the ageing.

The Bardolino is produced with a mixture of grapes that gives a definite role for every vineyard: the Corvina gives colour and body; the Rondinella gives vivacity; the Molinara donates fragrance to the wine; the Sangiovese and Merlot increase the structure, the elegance with the ageing.