2019 Daniele Piccinin Rosa Per Voi

WINEMAKER: Daniele Piccinin
VARIETAL: Pinot Nero, Durella
REGION: Veneto, IT
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

New pink fizz from Daniele Piccinin! Mostly pinot nero and some of the native varietal durella. Zippy! Yum! Not much of this going around.

Daniele born restaurateur. First as a chef, then moves on the front line and start taking care of the ‘floor’ and the cellar. Quickly became more and more focus on the wine scene and during this time, he happens taste a wine from Angiolino Maule (president of VinNatur). He gets so impressed by the unique characters and expressions of the wine, that he decide to visit him and learn more about his simply way of making wine. He choose to rent his vineyards from the ‘Muni’ district, where his grandfather was born, who first made wine in the family. He wants to maintain the link with his land and his own roots. He makes wine at Maule’s till 2009 and only in 2010 the first vintage was made in his cellar.

Daniele now cultivates 7 hectares of vines in San Giovanni Ilarione, in the province of Verona. Precisely at the foot of Lessinia region in the Alpone Valley, not too far from the hills of Soave, between 300 and 500 meters above sea level. The valley is exposed from north to south and the two sides are extremely different, one has volcanic soil, the other clay-limestone. This last soil allows better vigour and conditions for a grape variety called Durella, which is only found in this area.

The vineyards are surrounded by woods, lashed by the wind, with good inclinations. Every organisms in the vineyard is left to grow and live spontaneously. Among the rows mint is grown in summer leaving space to cereals, plantain, shamrock, alfalfa and peas in the coolest months.