Az. Ag. Valentina Cubi, ARUSNATICO; Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore

Azienda Agricola Valentina Cubi, ARUSNATICO, Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore, organic wine, red, 2017, from € 16.60

The wine Azienda Agricola Valentina Cubi ARUSNATICO Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore is a well-structured organic wine of brilliant color, with rich fruity fragrances and flavors, great purity and elegance. Like all names of Valentina Cubi's wines, also the name Arusnatico goes back to the history of the Valpolicella territory and has its own character.

Organic wine - profile

• Colour:  Ruby red 
• Nose: Intense, elegant scent of wild cherries and light spicy. .
• Mouth: Mineral and savory in the mouth. The scents are integrated persistently and intensively on the palate and remain lasting and variable up to the infinitely long finale.
• Serving tip: a gourmet wine that needs to be tasted with care and patience, but which can also be combined with sophisticated dishes..

Organic wine - preparation, Azienda Agricola Valentina, ARUSNATICO, Valpolicella Ripasse Superiore, red

The vines/grapes grow in vineyards in the Denomminzion Valpolicelle north of Verona, which have been cultivated and treated organically since 2014. Depending on the plot, there are between 3,000 and 5,000 vines planted per hectare. The average planting density is .5,000 vines/hectare, planted in Guyot, double and single pergola styles. This achieves a harvest of 5500 kg/hectare. The grapes are harvested by hand from mid-September to the end of October.  

The actual winemaking begins after destemming, the grapes are placed in steel tanks at a controlled temperature. At the end of the alcoholic fermentation, the young combines Wine for a 10-day maceration with the skins and residues of the Amarone. In this phase, a light fermentation takes place and the wine is enriched with extracts.The result is a more fragrant wine, softer and velvety on the palate. Aging: Twelve months in wooden barrelsand a few months in the bottle before going on the market.

The organic wine at a glance

• Wine type: red wine 
• Cultivation area: Veneto
• Winery: Azienda Agricola Valentina Cubi
• Grape varieties: Corvina, Rondinella und Molinara.
• Fermentation and aging: in stainless steel
• Bottling: Azienda Agricola Valentina Cubi
• Content: 0.75 l
• Closure: natural cork
• Vintage: 2017
• Storage: 10 years from vintage
• Analysis: alcohol 13,5% vol., residual sugar 0,6 g/l, acidity 5.46 g/l,
• Allergens: contains  SO2
• Vegan
• Organic wine certified IT-Bio-014
• We obtain this wine directly from theAzienda Agricola Valentina Cubi - Sede Legale – Via Nassar 36, 37029 San Pietro In Cariano (VR) 

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