This dessert wine is made from the Garganega grape, native grape of the Gambellara DOC area, dried in a drying lodge for about six months. Made from fermentation and aging in French oak barrels. This wine has great potential for aging. The color is a fine golden yellow with amber reflections. It has an intense nose, with hints of exotic fruit, honey, raisins and candied fruit. In the mouth, it is sweet, warm, persistent, and characterized by a perfect balance between acidity and sweetness.
Name Riva dei Perari
Wine classification Recioto di Gambellara Classico Doc
Grapes variety Garganega 100%
Production area Montebello loc.Selva, in the hearth of Classic Doc area of Gambellara
Bottles produced 5.000 (0.500 lt)
The vineyard
Name - Riva dei Perari, property of Dal Maso Company
Soil - clay basaltic of volcanic origin, medium fertility
Exposure - South-South/East
Altitude - Hill, 80-100 mt above sea level
Planting density - 5.000 vines/ hectare
Training system - Guyot
Nr of buds per plant - 8
Yield per hectare - 100 quintals
Cultivation - spare fertilization and thinning out of exceeding grapes
Harvest period and method
End of September, hand picking in crates, the grapes are set on one layer only
Vinification
Brief description: grapes ripen for around 5 months in the fruit place; -
after grapes are de-stemmed and softly pressed, the juice is clarified bu cold stabilization
and then inoculated with selected pure yeasts.
Fermentation equipment - Allier oak barriqués, Never and acacia
Fermentation temperature - 14° - 16° C
Maceration period -
Fermentation period - 40 days
Maturation period - 12 moths in oak and acacia barrels
Bottling period - May, in the second year after harvesting
Description
Bright golden yellow colour
Intense fragrance, sweet sensations of exotic fruits, honey and hawthorn. Harmonic, well-balanced taste, warm and long-lasting
Ageing potential
10-12 years
Food coupling
Perfect with sweet preparations in general, with matured, soft or herbed cheese. Excel-lent as an aperitif, it well matches foie gras; Very good for meditation.
With some Vicenza’s traditional meals…
“Putana” cake (cake with raisins and apples), walnut cake, apricots strudel, dried fruits biscuits and Vezzena cheese.
Service temperature
Temperature -10°-12°C.; uncork a few minutes before serving
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