Wine Bardolino

The area of ​​wine Bardolino globally includes sixteen municipalities and is located between the southern slopes of Mount Baldo in the north, Adige river to the east, Mincio River to the west and south-south-east of the imaginary line joining the centers of Valeggio, Villafranca, Sommacampagna and Bussolengo, for the most part this area is covered by east morainic hills of Garda, the particular area of ​​the moraine and close to Mount Baldo has meant that over the centuries the terrain behind the rocks, with steep slopes with little or earthy layer were “gradonati”, put on diffferent levels, to increase the area under cultivation, but in recent decades this practice has been abandoned. The production area of ​​the Bardolino DOC is about 10% of the total, close to the lake and includes the towns of Garda, Bardolino, Affi, Cavaion Veronese, Pastrengo, Lazise, ​​Castelnuovo and partly those immediately surrounding, at the expense of size has a yield of 40% of the total production of Bardolino wine, which 70% is exported up in America and Japan.

Types of wine Bardolino doc are:

wine Bardolino DOC and wine Bardolino Classico DOC: the maximum yield of grapes per hectare must not exceed 130 tons, with a maximum yield of 70%, has brilliant ruby ​​red color, sometimes with reflections tending to purple, delicately fruity, with hints of fruit red cherry, harmonious taste, dry cloth.

wine Bardolino Superiore DOCG and wine Bardolino Classico Superiore DOCG: the maximum yield of grapes per hectare must not exceed 90 kg, with a maximum yield of 70%, must also be subjected to an aging period of at least one year, starting from 1 November of the year of production, intense ruby ​​red color tending to garnet with aging, harmonious taste, dry and slightly bitter.

wine Bardolino Chiaretto DOC and wine Bardolino Chiaretto Classico DOC: obtained by vinification “in pink” on the skins, the coral pink color, delicate and slightly fruity, with soft taste.

wine Bardolino Chiaretto Spumante DOC: obtained by vinification “in pink”, and then sparkling wine is characterized by a thin foam pink, vinous, light and delicate, while the flavor is slightly acidic and soft.

wine Bardolino Novello DOC and wine Bardolino Novello Classico DOC: wine with light ruby ​​red color, fruity aroma, mellow taste and dry, made with at least 85% of grapes carbonic maceration and bottled before December 31 of the year of production, it is consumed by the spring.

The primary grapes of wine Bardolino are Corvina, characteristic autochthonous Valpolicella and Bardolino Corvinone, which has always been confused with the Corvina Veronese, Rondinella, widespread variety in Valpolicella, which seems to take its name from its similar color to that of the swallows. and Molinara. All these varieties are natives of the area, but you do not know the origin, even if they are documented in the early decades of the 800.