De Stefani
Solèr
IGT VenetoVeneto, Italy
- Grape varieties
- 45% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Carmenère, 10% Refosco, 5% Marzemino
- Format
- Case of 6 × 750 ml
Price on request
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Tasting notes
Deep ruby colour. Intense aromas of ripe fruit, prune and violet, with ethereal and spicy notes. Full palate with an imposing structure, silky tannins and a complex bouquet. Drying part of the grapes gives it great suppleness and notes of liquorice. It can evolve for up to 30 years in bottle, peaking 10 to 15 years after the vintage.
Food pairings
Fresh stuffed pasta, grilled meats and salumi. Serve between 16 and 18 °C.
Technical sheet
The wine
- Appellation
- IGT Veneto
- Colour
- Red
- Grape varieties
- 45% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Carmenère, 10% Refosco, 5% Marzemino
- Winemaking and ageing
- The Marzemino and Refosco are dried using the appassimento method; the rest follows a classic temperature-controlled vinification in concrete vats. The dried grapes are then destemmed, crushed and fermented at controlled temperature. The wine matures in French oak barriques, then in bottle.
The vineyard
- Soil
- Clay and tuff at the Colvendrame estate; very clayey alluvial soils at Fossalta di Piave
- Average vine age
- Vines planted from 1986 to 2009
- Planting density
- 8,400 vines per hectare
- Vine training
- Guyot
For the trade
- Format
- Case of 6 × 750 ml
- Supply
- Private import
The estate
De StefaniOriginally from Refrontolo, in the hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene, the De Stefani family has been making wine since 1866. Four generations later, the house is based in Fossalta di Piave, between the Adriatic and the Dolomites.Discover the estate
How does private import work?
- IYou pay the agency’s service fee when you order.
- IIThe SAQ approves the order and ships it to your store.
- IIIYou pay for the wine itself at the SAQ when you pick it up.
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