Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1928
- Oenologist: Mamete Prevostini
- Bottles produced: 180.000
- Hectares: 30
It is a territory whose streets over the centuries have been traversed by peoples and civilizations which over the decades have left a contribution very recognizable today through the traditions, the culture, the typical products.
Around the most important of these, the wine, has created a large community that still carries the same production processes then using what is universally recognized as one of the largest vineyards in the world, Nebbiolo (here called chiavennasca). the history of the winery began over seventy years ago when Mamete Prevostini begins, was the first post-war period, to produce wine from local grapes within the Crotto family, typical of Valchiavenna natural cavity formed in prehistoric times.
In 1988, however Mamete nephew, the current owner, took over the company's reins, and after a series of tests lasted about eight years signed his first real production in 1995, becoming within a decade a wine draft exceptional value. Today, all the wines are aged in a different way, according to unwritten rules but that are renewed year after year. Elegance, refinement, power for a great interpretation of Nebbiolo in Valtellina. Read more
| Name | Mamete Prevostini Rosso di Valtellina Nebbiolo Santarita 2024 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Valtellina Rosso DOC |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Vendor | Mamete Prevostini |
| Origin | Rosso di Valtellina Doc area, in the communes of Berbenno di Valtellina, Castione Andevenno and Tirano |
| Climate | Altitude: 450 - 650 m a.s.l. Exposure: South. |
| Soil composition | Sandy (70%), silty (30%), no limestone, it is flaky granitic rock with rare clay. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Plants per hectare | 3600 |
| Harvest | ing commences 3 October |
| Wine making | After gentle destemming, the lightly crushed grapes are sent to stainless steel tanks where maceration on the skins takes place for 7 days. |
| Aging | After pressing, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in steel, where it matures for about 10 months. This is followed by bottle ageing for a further 6 months. |
| Total acidity | 5.4 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

