First year of production: 2000
Vineyard: Corvina and Corvinone 70%, Rondinella 10%, Oseleta 10%, Croatina 7%, other 3%.
Geographical Location: Veneto – Italy Northeast of Verona, in the hill that divides Montorio from the Valle d’Illasi
Extension: 20 hectares of Guyot and 5 hectares of Traditional Pergola Veronese
Plant date: since 1995 to 2022
Composition of the soil: Calcareous with red clay and tufo
Planting density: 6500
Harvest: September 13th to October 10th.
Yield per plant: 1 kg.
Vintage climate: 2015 vintage was really special and it was characterised by a very intense light and by the sun, a long lasting summer heat. Mostly the light depended by the cosmic cycle condition of the sun, repeating every 15 years and having reached the top this year. After a mild winter and a regular spring, the strong rain falls in June brought some hail to a couple of vineyards, but, thanks to the following dry season we recovered completely and we reached September with unforgettable grapes: a great year!
Winemaking technique: This wine was born from the idea of producing the Amarone in as most natural and traditional way as possible, starting first from an obsessive grapes selection. The second selection is done at the moment of pressing, after 100 days from the harvest, when four or five people descart the grape if not perfectly healthy. The soft pressing done by feet, leave the dry stems in to have some tannins more and the fermentation is with indigenous yeasts at not controlled temperature in a oak conical fermenting vat. We do daily “follature” by hand until the natural slow down of the natural fermentation in few months. This wine rests at least 3 years in a not toasted barrel of 700 lt. (I bought a craft barrel done with oak bended by steam to avoid the interference of toasting). It is not filtred, not clarified, we only wash the barrel twice in 3 years.
Alcohol: 16.40 % vol
Total acidity: 7.50
PH: 3.49
Sugar residue: 14.70
Dry extract: 40.40
Musella’s Wines
Our wines follow an ambitious project, not only because biodynamic, but because we believe that now is the time for the Valpolicella to further exploit its territorial potential, free from market constraints in order to better express all their innate class in purity and taste.
The elegance inherent in traditional varieties is thus considered by us the conceptual center of our wines, the true revelation of a rich and unique nuances and complexities territory, often enhanced with the right depth in the most commercial wines, thus confusing the public perception .
Cherry bark and spice blend in the typical pleasure of Valpolicella wines and find in Musella a sincere interpretation balance, which goes straight to the heart.
