Rosso di Valtellina DOC 2017
Aldo Rainoldi
Rainoldi is Valtellina's Nebbiolo. The wines of Rainoldi pay homage to their ancestors through the terracing and carrying on the local viticultural tradition. A range of wines that glorify and honor the local culture, yet strives to innovate and improve, to diversify and offer a selection of high quality wines.
The winery was founded by Giuseppe Rainoldi in 1925, in the suburb of Casacce, near Chiuro in Valtellina, and was named after Giuseppe's son. Valtellina is a mountainous valley that stretches from East to West in Nothern Italy. It is the second largest area in the world for of Nebbiolo. Here, the vine variety Nebbiolo - locally called Chiavennasca - can offer scented, highly elegant and ageable wines.
About the Vineyard
This wine is a blend of Nebbiolo from many small properties at a range of altitudes from 250m to 650m above sea level, encompasing some of the lowest vineyards in Valtellina.
Wine Production
Rainoldi strives to produce top quality wine that respects both family tradition, and the environment. Each parcel is harvested based on its altitude in order to maintain the right ripeness, and is vinified separately in a newly installed high-tech winemaking cellar. Due to the extreme steepness of each parcel in Valtellina, grapes are hand harvested and then carried out by helicopter.
Tasting Notes
A rich aroma with hints of flowers and fresh berries. On the palate it is well-balanced, fragrant, particularly drinkable.
Food Pairing
The Rosso di Valtellina is a versatile wine, perfect to drink as an aperitif or matched with starters, first courses and young cheese.
- Vineyard & Production Info
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- Vineyard name:
- many small vineyards in the municipalities of Ponte and Tresivio
- Vineyard size:
- 2700 square meters acres
- Soil composition:
- Silt and Sand
- Training method:
- Guyot Arch-trained
- Elevation:
- 820-2,130 feet
- Yield/acre:
- 9.4 tons
- Exposure:
- Southern
- Average Vine Age:
- 55 years
- Harvest time:
- October
- First vintage of this wine:
- 1925
- Bottles produced of this wine:
- 13,500
- Winemaking & Aging
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- Varietal composition:
- 100% Nebbiolo
- Fermentation container:
- Stainless steel tanks
- Length of alcoholic fermentation:
- 14 days
- Fermentation temperature:
- 77-90 °F
- Maceration technique:
- Pumpovers
- Length of maceration:
- 7 days
- Malolactic fermentation:
- Yes
- Fining agent:
- Animal based
- Type of aging container:
- Barrels
- Size of aging container:
- 26 hl, 56 hl, 115 hl
- Age of aging container:
- one to three years
- Type of oak:
- Slavonian & French
- Length of aging before bottling:
- 5 months
- Length of bottle aging:
- 3 months
- Analytical Data
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- Alcohol:
- 12.8 %
- pH level:
- 3.7
- Residual sugar:
- <1 g/L
- Acidity:
- 5.0 g/L
- Dry extract:
- 27.2 g/L
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