The Montresor family has its roots in France, but in the 16th century a branch if the family moved from the ancestral home in the Loire to ear Verona, where they began growing grapes and making wine. Today the estate vineyards cover 250 acres in Garda and Valpolicella. This dry rose is made 100% from Pinot Noir; elegant and balanced on the palate, it has subtle and persistent bubbles and aromas of toasted bread that mingle with ripe apples, flower blossoms, and luscious cherries.
The formation that characterizes the local area is the so-called SANT’AGATA FOSSIL MARL (TOV), formed in the open sea. Bluish-grey in colour, it is generally sandy with some conglomerate admixture. The area’s unusual name seems due to the fact that before the advent of phylloxera the vineyard was planted to muscat, or even to nebbiolo grafted onto muscat vines. The fruit is known for its excellent sugar/acid balance even in dry years.
A ripe wine with generous flavors of blueberries, spices, violets and toasted oak. This well-structured Barolo has elegant tannins with considerable depth and an overall harmonic finish.
The color is a deep garnet red with ruby reflections. The scent is complex and rich with fruit, floral scents, spices, underbrush and plums. The bouquet is rich with fruit and floral fragrances, and strong warm spiced scents. An elegant and velvety wine, it is characterized by its completeness, balance and well known longevity