San Mattia Rosso is a red wine produced for daily consumption. Like San Mattia Bianco it is light and intriguing, very pleasant, and combines well with various food dishes. This wine is left in the bottle for a year before leaving the cellar because it only develops its particular perfumes in this period, ones which have made me fall in love with it. San Mattia Rosso was my first wine, the first crowning of my efforts.
- Vine species: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella.
- Denomination: Igpi Rosso Veronese
- Soils: clayey, loamy, calcareous
- Year planted: 2005
- Altitude: 220m asl
- Exposure: ridge facing south - southwest
- Cane training system: Guyot
- Planting density: 5700 plants/Ha
- Grape yield per hectare: 9000 kg
- Harvest season: end of September
- Harvesting: manual
- Temp. of fermentation: 15°C
- Duration of fermentation: 20 days
- Maceration: prefermentation at 10°C
- Fining: stainless steel
- Fining in the bottle: at least 1 year
- Maximum aging time: 6 years
- Alcoholic content: 12.0% vol
- Colour: light ruby red
- Aroma (nose): vegetal hint, Morello cherries, red currant, rose and pink peppercorn
- Taste: very fresh, tannic, spicy. Good length.