Bouteille de Malanotte, Malanotte del Piave

De Stefani

Malanotte

DOCG Malanotte del PiaveVeneto, Italy

Grape varieties: 100% Raboso Piave
Format: Case of 6 × 750 ml

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Tasting notes

Intense ruby red colour with garnet highlights. A broad bouquet reminiscent of blackberry and cherry jam, melted chocolate and tobacco. Straight, dry and austere on the palate, carried by a light acid backbone, with great extract and generous alcohol. It can evolve for up to 50 years in bottle, with a peak 20 to 25 years after the vintage. Raboso, a black grape grown in eastern Veneto for some 3,000 years, takes its name from the dialect word "rabioso", angry, for a fruit that is still somewhat harsh.

Food pairings

Game (hare, pheasant or guinea fowl, stewed or with peverada sauce), grilled meats and aged cheeses. Serve between 16 and 18 °C.

Technical sheet

The wine

Appellation: DOCG Malanotte del Piave
Colour: Red
Grape varieties: 100% Raboso Piave
Winemaking and ageing: Harvested at the end of October, from very ripe grapes carefully sorted. Part of the grapes is set to dry. Destemming, crushing and maceration in concrete vats at controlled temperature, with frequent pumping over. Aged for 48 months: 12 months in French barriques, 12 months in Slavonian oak casks, 12 months in terracotta amphorae, then 12 months in bottle.

The vineyard

Soil: Alluvial "caranto": white clay mixed with minerals from the Dolomites. Fossalta di Piave, 10 km from the Adriatic and 50 km from the Alps
Average vine age: Vines planted in 2007
Planting density: 5,000 vines per hectare
Vine training: Guyot