Belrespiro Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva DOCG 2021 - Stefano Zoli

Belrespiro Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva DOCG - Stefano Zoli

Stefano Zoli's Belrespiro Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva is made from grapes that come from a small owned vineyard with 60-70 year old plants located on calcareous soil. The idea of ​​wine was born during Covid when walking among the rows was a breath of fresh air and freedom, a Belrespiro. Delayed harvest, fermentation with pied de cuve and 10% of mass which macerates for 10 days on the grapes. The initial acidity is explosive and the vinification in a stoneware tank preserves the tone of Verdicchio in an important way. Malolactic fermentation not carried out, very very serious white wine with a truly significant shelf life

Service

It is advisable to taste at a temperature of 10/12 ° in tulip goblets. Wine to drink immediately. That's best from that in 4/5 years.

Pairing

wine is perfect with rich dish, fish-based, first substantial ingredients, to be tried with a pork fillet with apples.

Cantina: Stefano Zoli

The one between Stefano Zoli and Matelica was love at first sight. Handyman from Romagna, illuminated on the road to Damascus by a bottle of Pergole Torte, Stefano at 28 enrolled in Viticulture and Oenology at the University of Bologna and at the same time began working in Romagna with Sangiovese. He meets Aroldo Bellelli, an esteemed agronomist and oenologist from the Marche region with a strong whitish sensitivity and thanks to him he discovers Matelica. From such a special terroir for Verdicchio comes the desire to make a dream come true, starting from a small and old vineyard with a very high potential.The vineyard is made up of 3,500 very old vines reared double overturned on a soil composed of flisch, yellow marl and limestone exposed to the South / East at 430 meters above sea level. The grapes are harvested in mid-October and softly pressed with whole grapes in reduction (the press is saturated with CO2) with subsequent spontaneous fermentation in steel and cement. Aging for 5 months sur lies and then 2 months in the bottle..