{"id":37026,"date":"2019-02-08T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T14:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slowfood.it\/slowine\/?p=37026"},"modified":"2019-02-11T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T09:20:58","slug":"slow-wine-scouting-cortenera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slowfood.it\/slowine\/en\/slow-wine-scouting-cortenera\/","title":{"rendered":"SLOW WINE SCOUTING – CORTENERA"},"content":{"rendered":"

During summer and spring, we carry out most of the visits to the wineries with a view to producing the new edition of Slow Wine Guide. Besides returning to the cellars already presented in the past editions, we visit new realities and search for hidden treasures throughout Italy.<\/p>\n

In this journey, we spot so many exciting wineries. Unfortunately, a great many cannot be included in the guide, either due to lack of space or to the necessity of further observation before making substitutions.<\/p>\n

Too often these are wineries deserve to be worthy of attention and they most likely will impress you. That\u2019s why we decided to report one of them each week within this column.<\/p>\n

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\nCortenera – Slow Wine Scouting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Via San Marco, 41<\/p>\n

36053 Gambellara (VI), Italy<\/p>\n

+39 0444 1787372<\/p>\n

cortenera.it\/<\/p>\n

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PEOPLE<\/strong>
\nClimbing the hills of Monte San Marco, in the municipality of Gambellara, you find yourself in a small courtyard with a well-kept cottage. Slowly you realize that hidden behind this charming view there is Ballast Estate, a five-hectare vineyard recovered from abandonment.
\nThe history of the Ferrari family in Gambellara has been traced back to the first half of the 1400s, as evidenced by the numerous documents of sale of the direct descendants. However, Cortenera arose only in 2012 thanks to Gianluca Ferrari passion for wine. His aim was to give life back to this hidden family treasure, convinced of Garganega and Durella grapes the potential on this rich soil of volcanic origin.<\/p>\n

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VINEYARD<\/strong>
\nThe rich cobblestone basalt soil of volcanic origin is seen all black under our feet. In symbiosis with the amazing landscape, facing Lessini Mountains, we are delighted by the cellar structure that looks like a big piece of basalt, both in shape and color.
\nThe look immediately goes to the hills in front of the cellar, where 50 years old vines are trained in the traditional Pergola Trentina system, alternating with the olive trees. The look immediately goes to the hills in front of the cellar, where 50 years old vines are trained in the traditional Pergola Trentina system, alternated with the olive trees. Not far away there are outcrops of columnar basalt and the San Marco quarry, one of the only six in the world.<\/p>\n

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WINES<\/strong>
\nIn 2016 Contenera’s first bottle was released, thanks to the harvest of 2012 and 2013. The winery offers us a selection of sparkling wines produced with the champenoise method with Garganega and Durella grapes, with at least 36 months passing at least 36 months aging on lees. Moreover, Gianluigi\u2019s wines are produced with minimum sugar residue, limited use of oak and batonnage.
\nExpressing the flowery characteristics of Garganega, the white label Extra Brut 2013<\/strong> is produced with 90% of this grape variety in Campo del Topia vineyard. It has Straw-yellow color, thick and abundant foam, fine perlage and persistent, fresh scent of good intensity, a fragrance of crusts of bread, dry, intense, ample flavor of tropical fruit. Considering that this wine spent 36 months of autolysis, this wine has a surprisingly fresh hint and can age well in the bottle.
\nThe brown label Cuv\u00e9e Ginevra Extra Brut 2012<\/strong>, named after Gianluigi’s daughter, is made of 30 years old Campo del Prede vines with 40 months of autolysis. It has an inviting citric aroma, with notes of exotic fruit, honey, and chestnut. In the palate, the flavor is very evolved with spicy and tertiary notes.
\nLast but not least, the green label Extra Brut 2012<\/strong> spends 50 months sur lie. It has a yellow color tending to golden, with thick and creamy foam and a rich bouquet with notes of tropical fruit, pineapple, peach and banana, a direct spiced taste on the finish. It has great potential to age and will be interesting tasting it in 5 years.<\/p>\n

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Images via\u00a0https:\/\/www.cortenera.it\/momenti\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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