"Valtolla" – Massimiliano Croci

"Valtolla" - Massimiliano Croci

"Valtolla" by Croci is a fruity and mineral white wine obtained from local white grapes. The harvest is carried out manually in boxes, while fermentation takes place in contact with the skins for 30 days in cement tanks. This is followed by aging in the tank for 10 months and in the bottle for 12 months. It is bottled without any filtration. "Valtolla" gives us aromas of ripe fruit, with marked hints of apricot, and a pulpy and complex mouth that does not yield anything in drinkability.

Service

It is advisable to serve it at a temperature of 8/10 ° in tulip goblets. Wine to drink immediately.

Pairing

Great as an appetizer of fish, typical Piacenza cured meats, to try with risotto with shrimps and courgettes.

Cellar: Massimiliano Croci

The farm is located on the hill of Monterosso in the Val d'Arda and overlooks the plain Piacenza. Here, Massimiliano Croci, together with his father, Ermanno, manages the family company founded in 1935. Since entering the company, Massimiliano has directed production to high quality wines, while maintaining all the typicality of the Piacenza wines. Valorization and respect for the territory are at the center of the company's objectives, which for this reason is committed to experimentation, in search of new methods of vinification and refinement of local grapes in order to give genuine, traceable and excellent wines. Today, the hectares of vines are a dozen planted with the classic vines of Piacenza; Ortrugo, Malvasia and Trebbiano for the whites, Bonarda and Barbera for the reds. In the vineyard it is practiced by inerting, the treatments are done without using toxic and synthetic substances, herbicides and chemical fertilizers, to respect the territory, the vine and its natural cycles and to produce genuine wines. Grape harvest is done by hand; The time between harvesting and pressing is minimal, the grapes are stored in small boxes and then crafted in an artisanal way to keep all the grape characteristics and properties unaltered.