Lassuperiora - Bardolino Superiore DOCG 2021 Villa Calicantus

Lassuperiora is Daniele Delaini's answer to the question that has guided the entire Villa Calicantus adventure: can Bardolino be an aging wine? This Bardolino Superiore DOCG comes from the winery's highest vineyard, on the summit of a 180-meter hill above lake level, on the border between Bardolino and Pastrengo, in a breezy and bright location that enhances the structure of the grapes without sacrificing the typical lightness of Garda wines. Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, and Sangiovese grow on morainic soils with a prevalence of limestone, trained in Guyot at 4,500 vines per hectare: a dense planting that forces the vine to concentrate energy in the grape cluster. The wine ages for one year in wooden barrels and then another six months in the bottle, a long and patient process that delivers complexity without succumbing to heaviness. A Bardolino that looks back, before mass tourism and an oenology that lost its identity, to express the finesse, elegance, and depth that this territory can offer when respected.