Stèfen 1624 – single vineyard

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Stèfen 1624 – single vineyard

97 points Luca Maroni BEST MARZEMINO OF ITALY

95 points James Suckling

94 points Veronelli

93 points Robert Parker

93 points Gilbert Gaillard

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Stèfen is the ancient surname of the De Stefani family, as written in old documents dated 1624 found in Refrontolo, a UNESCO Wold Heritage site. The grapes of this wine are produced in the “Stèfen 1624” vineyard and are vinificated recalling the ancient tradition of drying the grapes and refining the wine in small oak casks. The result is a dry wine which improves with a long ageing. Ideal with game, meat on the spit, seasoned cheeses or alone as a meditation wine.

Grapes: Marzemino
Historical Notes: Stèfen is the ancient surname of the De Stefani family, as written in old documents dated 1624 found in Refrontolo, a UNESCO Wold Heritage site. With this wine they wanted to bring back the old vinification process of the Marzemino from Refrontolo. In fact, as in the past, grapes are naturally dried and the wine continues fermentation until all the sugars are transformed into alcohol. Then the wine is dry, with a high percentage of alcohol and with a great originality, which offers you always new emotions with ageing.
Alcohol content: 15-17,5% by vol. (it depends on the vintage)
Tasting Characteristics: very deep ruby colour, with garnet hues, intense scents of ripe wild fruit and of violet, full body, with clear notes of ripe cherry and blackberry.
Food Matching: ideal with game, meat on the spit, seasoned cheeses or alone as a meditation wine.

Colvendrame Estate, UNESCO Wold Heritage Hills

The Colvendrame estate in Refrontolo is located in Veneto in the hilly area between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, a UNESCO Wold Heritage site, north of Treviso and Venice at about 300 m above sea level. “Colvendrame” is the name of the hill where there is our vineyard and is in the "Colli di Conegliano" and "Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene" D.O.C. wines area. In this estate in the second half of 1800 the De Stefani family started growing vines and producing wines, with such a f [...] Read more