Zeni - Costalago Rosso Veronese2021
RED WINE
- Producer Zeni Wines
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Blend
Cabernet
Corvina
Corvinone
Merlot - Country Italy
- Region Veneto
- Appellation Rosso Veronese IGT
- UPC 0 15643 24536 7
Reviews
James Suckling 91
This has a light sweet-sour character with orange rind, herbs, balsamic and cocktail cherries on the nose. It's medium- to full-bodied with fine, sleek tannins. Spicy and tasty finish. Drink now or hold.
by JS, James Suckling , 2024
Technical Details
Description
The label of this wine underlines the origin of Lake Garda in the Würm ice age with its adjacent morainic hills. These hills form an ideal pedoclimatic environment to cultivate the queen of the Veronese grapes: the Corvina grape.Nino Zeni, eclectic oenologist and father of Fausto, Elena and Federica, started planting Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the early 90s in some vineyards nearby the lake. An idea came up in his mind to create a new wine as a modern expression of our region, a harmonious blend where the local character and the elegance of the Corvina grape are blended with the international character and the structure of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot to give a unique and balanced wine.
Estate
Zeni Winery is a family-run winery that started its activity far back in the 1870s. The whole Zeni family has been fully and enthusiastically dedicated to the production of premium quality wines for 5 generations, and this is further testified by the grated care devoted to every single stage of the long wine production process from the growing of the vine to the harvest, to vinification, finishing, bottling and marketing of the wines.Set inside the Winery, the Wine Museum, realized by the owner Gaetano Zeni, was meant to offer evidence of the ancient winemaking culture the Zeni family is committed to for generations.
Food pairing
Recommended with pasta with sauce, grilled red meat, game, cheese.Harvest
Hand selection of the best grape bunches which are collected in small crates and left to raisin for a while.Winery Technical Data
Soil: hilly soil of morainic and volcanic origin.Vine yield per hectare: 100 ql./ha.
Grape varieties: Corvina & Corvinone 70% - Merlot 15% - Cabernet 15%.
Wine analysis: Residual sugar 7 g/l, Dry extract 31g/l, Total acidity 5.80 g/l.