Montetondo "Montetondo” Soave Classico DOC
The Monte Tondo vineyard can be found nestling in the gentle hills of Soave just a few kilometres from Verona on a slope overlooking the valley. Third generation Gino Magnabosco, together with his family, carry on their passion for the land, and the traditions which have handed down. Like skilled craftsmen, they carefully and conscientiously follow all the production phases: from the wine to the bottle, attentive to new improvements in grape-producing technology at all times.
Twenty-five hectares of vineyards are situated on the best plots that the Soave zone can offer: Monte Tenda, Monte Foscarino and Monte Tondo, from which the vineyard and this wine takes their name, ensure that the wine produced is intensely perfumed with an unmistakable Soave character somewhere between florals and fruitiness.
The cultivation of the vines is guyot style on well-drained volcanic soils, which allow the grapes, mainly Garganega and Trebbiano of Soave, to grow to their best advantage.
The hand-harvest usually occurs during the last week of September and first week of October. The grapes are cold-soaked for 12 to 24 hours prior to a soft pressing. The grapes are fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks (16-18C) with indigenous yeasts. The wine remains in tank until March - April when it is bottled and rested a further 2-3 months prior to release.
Technical Details
Grape Variety Garganega 100%
Alcohol 12.5%
Tasting Notes
Colour Yellow straw with golden highlights and greenish hues.
Bouquet Floral bouquet laced with scents of exotic fruits, almonds, hazelnuts and mineral notes.
Palate The palate is full-bodied, and superbly balanced and harmonious and great minerality on the long finish. Great drinking now, it will improve with 1-3 years in bottle.
Service Serve at 10-12C, with a range of fish and shellfish dishes, white meats especially pork and chicken, plus chicken tortelloni in brodo and prawn and radicchio risotto.
Winemaker Alessandro Sterchele
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