LA GIARUGOLA
RED WINE IGT
OUR RED WINE
The “giarugola” is a dialect word meaning “clay-limestone soil”. It is produced from an old Veronese pergola located at Postuman in a brolo (“vineyard enclosed by a dry stone wall”) at about 400 meters above sea level.
In ancient times, the broli were built because they allowed the Catholic Church to be exempt from paying the tithe (“the tenth part of the harvest”). The grapes present in the vineyard are: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara and Merlot. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with its indigenous yeasts using the pied de cuve technique.
The ruby red color is the result of repeated manual processes such as pumping over, punching down and delestage. Contact with the wood gives spicy notes of green pepper and cloves. The clayey-limestone soil with white flakes (typical of eastern Verona) adds a particular note of graphite.
The Veronese varieties give fruity notes of red fruits, cherries and morello cherries. The international variety instead (Merlot), which has been present in the area since the Napoleonic wars, brings a slight herbaceous scent.
The taste-olfactory part is unbalanced on the tannic a few seconds after opening the bottle, but it finds greater balance with adequate oxygenation or even better the following day.
Let yourself be conquered by the elegance of La Giarugola, a wine that will satisfy even the most demanding palates.