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Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

- Start up year: 2000
- Oenologist: Diego Cottini, Riccardo Cotarella
- Bottles produced: 1.000.000
- Hectares: 140
Today, it is Michele and Mattia, together with their parents Diego and Annaberta Cottini, who continue to go down the road marked out by their forebears: a road leading to the realisation of a dream that today goes by the name of Monte Zovo.
Our Lugana wines achieved excellent Falstaff Trophy Lugana & Custoza 2023 scores:
- Lugana doc Riserva Terralbe 2019 - 93 pts (second place)
- Lugana doc Terralbe 2022 - 91 pts
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Name | Monte Zovo Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore 2021 |
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Type | Red still |
Denomination | Valpolicella Ripasso DOC |
Vintage | 2021 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 70% Corvina, 20% Corvinone, 10% Rondinella |
Country | Italy |
Region | Veneto |
Vendor | Monte Zovo – Famiglia Cottini |
Origin | Tregnago |
Climate | Altitude: 350-560 m. a.s.l. Exposure: North-South. |
Soil composition | Calcareous marls. |
Cultivation system | Guyot |
Plants per hectare | 6000 |
Yield per hectare | 60-70 q. |
Harvest | The harvest usually begins at the end of September. The grapes are selcted and hand-picked. |
Fermentation temperature | 20-24 °C |
Fermentation | About 15 days. |
Wine making | The grapes are moved to the winery, destemmed and pressed. The temperature, during maceration, is around 20 °C. The fermentation takes place in inert vessels and last about 15 days. Temperature, during this phase, raises to 20-24 °C. At the end of fermentation, the wine is run off its skins, which are then softly pressed, and goes into inert vessels, until the wine making process of Amarone is finished. |
Aging | Then the wine made October, is poured on Amarone's marc and goes through a secondo fermentation, which lasts for about 15 days. The wine is then aged for 24 months in wood vessels. |
Total acidity | 5.6 gr/L |
Residual sugar | 9.1 gr/L |
Dry extract | 32.5 gr/L |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |