Cà dei Frati Ronchedone Vino Rosso 2020 / 2021
Type: Red
Country: Italy
Region: Lombardy, Lugana
Grape Variety: Marzemino, Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol Percentage: 14.5%
Viticulture: Organic Farming
Climate: Generally warm and temperate climate but mitigated by its close proximity to Lake Garda, with constant breeze that keeps the vineyards ventilated, ideal for healthy grape growing
Terroir: Vineyards grow on a sandy soilbed of limestone and clay, cultivated with the simple Guyot and spurred cordon system
Ageing: Maceration in steel with prolonged contact. Aged in barriques for 14 months, followed by 10 months in the bottle
Color: Dark ruby red
Nose: Very rich on the nose with hints of red fruit, crushed blueberries, Marasca cherries in alcohol, balsamic and jam aromas.
Palate: Powerful and incisive, clean, savoury with the fine acidity that is the mark of the land of Benaco. Perfect to accompany medium to well-cooked red meats, game of feather and fur, seasoned cheeses, rich pasta and soup with meat
About the Winery:
Ca’ dei Frati was founded in 1939 when patriarch Felice Dal Cero settled in Sirmione (Brescia province) on the Lombardy region side of the Lugana appellation. It’s called Ca’ dei Frati or “friar house,” because it was once owned by monks who grew grapes there. Soil types play a fundamental role in crafting Ca’ dei Frati’s fresh, minerality-driven wines. Lake Garda was created during the Eocene era, some 35 million years ago, by a melting glacier. As the melting ice flowed south from what we now call the Italian Alps, it also brought with its glacial detritus.
Today, these rocky and pebbly “morainic” soils are ideal for the production of fine wine. Because the roots of the vines have to work harder to find the water table in the well-drained soils, their fruit production became more vigorous. As a result, the grape berries are richer in aroma and flavour, with more complexity and depth. Ca’ dei Frati manages 200 hectares planted to vine, accounting for 10 percent of DOC Lugana’s production.
