Vineyard Information
Location La Morra, Santa Maria Bricco Chiesa, Plot 18, Sub-plots 503, 553, 443, 442, 552, 444, 483, 445, 612, 461
Characteristics 200 meters above sea level, southeastern exposure, 2.7 x 0.9 meters spacing, 4,000 vines/hectare density, Guyot upward-trained vertical-trellised training system.
Age 30 years - Size 2.7 hectares - Yield 70 quintals/hectare
Location Castiglione Falletto Bricco Fiasco, Plot 7, Sub-plots 35, 36, 37, 38, 134
Characteristics 250 meters above sea level, southwestern exposure, 2.7 x 0.9 meters spacing, 4,000 vines/hectare density, Guyot upward-trained vertical-trellised training system.
Age 40 years - Size 2.5 hectares - Yield 70 quintals/hectare

Harvesting period First 10 days of October

Production 10,000 bottles

Vinification Rigorous manual selection of grapes in the vineyard. Fermentation and maceration in stainless steel for 20 days at a controlled temperature of 28-290C, followed by malolactic fermentation. The grapes from the two vineyards are kept separate throughout the process.

Maturing The two wines are aged separately in 40-hectoliter French oak barrels (90%) and 225-liter barrels (10%) for 30 months. The wines are blended in the spring, then bottled at the end of the summer and aged in the bottle for another 6 months before release on the market.

Sensory characteristics Brilliant garnet-red color, with warmer tinges developing over time. Unmistakeable bouquet, very pleasant, intense yet ethereal, very persistent, at times spiced, with aromas of truffles, liquorice and dried flowers. Dry taste, with important, full tannins.

Notes What do you think of Hemingway? So asked readers of journalist Gianni Brera, who answered their literary and footballing questions in his column Laccademia di Brera (Breras academy) in the newspaper La Repubblica. His reply, in Sbornie prese per sport (Drunk for the sake of sport) on 12/12/1986 Ernest drank Valpolicella because he was around Venice, and in those days the Oddero brothers of La Morra couldnt get their wines to him. But if hed known Oddero Barolo he would not have turned to the liquor which ultimately killed him.