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| CHARLES BYERS E GREGORY RIST IN VISITA ALLA NOSTRA AZIENDA |
Charles Byers e Gregory Rist, due giornalisti indipendentii canadesi, hanno deciso di visitare la nostra azienda nel corso di un loro programma di visita in Valpolicella, durante il quale hanno selezionato solo poche aziende. Loro obiettivo è quello di realizzare un servizio dedicato al nostro territorio "New Wine Frontiers" che sarà trasmesso sulla CBS
Ecco il loro diario di viaggio
Villa Frateli Tedeschi
The Tedeschi family have beeen in the wine business a long time and goes back to the founder,
Nicoli Tedeschi in 1824. The family owns and rents a combined 99 hectares in the Negrar, Fumane and Marano Valleys.
We visited the two and a half hectare Monte Olmi vineyard which was purchased by Riccardo Tedeschi in 1918 and it was indeed a busy place with harvesting of the Pergola style (umbrella shaped canopy) which serves a number of purposes including protection from the sun, drier grapes for picking and a production of a large amount of grapes. The grapes harvested at the single vineyard "Cru" of Monte Olmi are destined to become the Amarones of tomorrow. The other vineyards in the family are Pontare and Lucchine.
An interesting thing about Monte Olmi is that the vines are on slopes that will remove excess water during the wet periods and have the ability to retain water in dry---speaking of having your cake and eating it also!!!
The there is the new addition and great experiment.
Maternigo
It took us quite some time to drive with Riccardo's daughter, Sabrina, to the newest addtion to the vineyards. Maternigo means "land of the mother" and lies between the comunes of Tergnago and Mezzane di Sotto. Resarch that went into choosing this land was extensive. The area covers some 57 hectares and consists of wooded areas and olive grovese. The vines planted here are some two years old and water ponds have been erected to trap water needed for irrigation.
An interesting fact is that the building down (way down) in the valley is thought to have been a monestary and parts of it date back to the 15th Century. Sabrina proved to be a good a driver as she was a competent marketer. She whipped around the tightest roads with the skill of a racer!
We will now call her Sabrina "Andretti" Tedeschi.
Many of the 30 hectares that the vines are planted on are major slopes and face south east and south west which will give the vines much access to sun and drainage. It certainly seems to be a wise choice for the vines and for production. However, Riccardo Tedeschi the family oenologist
does not discount the production of future "cru" or singel vineyard areas.
Winery
The firm uses horizontal fermenters which allows for the regular extraction of skins. The must also goes throughseries of thermically controlled vertical fermenters. The wine is aged in barrels of Slovenian Oak with a capacity of 10 to 50 hectolitres.
Wine
The wine was tasted at Alla Coa Restaurant with Riccardo. It was a pleasant meal with pasta and truffles as well as Steak Florentine. Greg----well Greg decided on Tripe---if you don't know what it is, I will not tell you but it wasn't for me. That and vegetables made a very accomodating meal which we had with the wine.
Capitel del Nicalo Leggero Appassimento
Valpolicella Classico Superiore 2007
The grapes for this wine are lightly dehydrated of one month (about 10% of weight volume) and then fermented then aged for up to two years.
Colour: Dark Red
Nose: Red fruit, vanilla and spice.
Palate: Good mouthfeel/tannins, red/black fruit with some vanilla and pepper.
La Fabriseria Valpolicella C.S.
This is a single vineyard "cru" which is part of a special project that is using traditional grapes within the region. The grapes are late harvested and then softly pressed and fermented in small fermentation vats. the wines are steeped and then aged for one and a half years in oak and six months in bottle prior to sales.
Colour: Brilliant red
Nose: Bllack fruit and spice
Palate: Same fruit, round and great mouthfeel/tannin. Integrated with a unique richness. Vanilla spice with a long finish.
Capitel Monte Olmi
The grapes are dried for a period of four months and then pressed and fermented with the stems after which the wine is steeped for two montth before being put into the Slovanian oak for 2 to 3 years.
Colour: Dark Red
Nose: red fruit, spice.
Palate: a robust yet elegant mouthfeel and red fruit and spice with a long finish that lingers.
I tasted the 2004 and 2005 wines and was remarking how much I liked the 2005 over the 2004 which seemed austere. Then it was pointed out that I had the wines reversed thus I liked the 2004 over the 2005. Regardless---they were both good and I would highly recommend them both.
END OF DAY THREE | | 26/09/2009 |
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Agricola F.lli Tedeschi Srl - Via G. Verdi, 4 - 37029 Fraz. Pedemonte - San Pietro in Cariano (Vr) - Tel. +39-045-7701487 - Fax +39-045-7704239
Partita IVA: IT00559980230 - Registro imprese: VR 144351 - Capitale Sociale Effettivamente Versato: € 52.000,00
tedeschi@tedeschiwines.com
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