Description
The intensity of it’s red colour, the softness of a persistent fruity note, in fact everything about it makes you think of black cherries. Or rather, as the locals say, “Marena”. The Nebbiolo grapes for this wine come from various terraced vines, represented by the abstract logo on the label divided into many small parts.
Details

Perfume

Color

Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
03 - 05 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 Sassella Nebbiolo Valtellina Superiore Marena 2022 |
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Type | Red still |
Denomination | Valtellina Superiore DOCG |
Vintage | 2022 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
Country | Italy |
Region | Lombardy |
Vendor | Mamete Prevostini |
Origin | Small terraced vines in the Valtellina Superiore Sassella area |
Climate | Altitude: 350 - 550 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South. |
Soil composition | Sand (80%), silt (20%), no limestone, high content of granite rock, rarely clayey. |
Cultivation system | Guyot |
Plants per hectare | 3500 |
Yield per hectare | 55 Hl |
Harvest | From October 7. The grapes are harvested manually by collecting them in boxes of 15 kg. |
Wine making | After a gentle destemming the grapes, lightly pressed, are sent in stainless steel containers where the alcoholic fermentation takes place in a 13-days period, during which the skins macerates in contact with the must at a temperature of 25 °C. |
Aging | After the pressing the wine carries out the malolactic fermentation in oak barrels. Here it remains for a further 12-months period of maturation. The process is completed with 8-months period refinement in bottle. |
Total acidity | 5.05 gr/L |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |