Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 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 Sforzato Di Valtellina Nebbiolo Corte di Cama 2022 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Sfursat di Valtellina DOCG |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 15.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Vendor | Mamete Prevostini |
| Origin | Vineyards in the Valtellina Superiore area, in the communes of Berbenno, Sondrio, Montagna and Teglio |
| Climate | Altitude: 350 - 550 m a.s.l. Exposure: South. |
| Soil composition | Sandy (80%), silty (20%), no limestone, this is flaky granitic rock with rare clay. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Plants per hectare | 4000 |
| Harvest | ing begins on 30 September in small 4/5 kg crates, placed in the drying loft until around mid-December. The grapes, left to dry naturally in the fruttaio thanks to the wind and cold until mid-December, are carefully selected at the sorting table to eliminate any grapes that are not perfectly intact |
| Wine making | After gentle destemming, the grapes, lightly crushed, are sent to stainless steel tanks where alcoholic fermentation takes place with 18 days of maceration of the skins on the must at a temperature of 25 °C. |
| Aging | After pressing, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in oak barrels in which it matures for about 18 months. The wine is then refined in the bottle for a further 10 months. |
| Total acidity | 5.6 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

