Delicate but captivating in color, it expresses a bouquet of flowers with light thiol notes that precede a mouth of great balance favoring the savory notes.   T

he vineyards are located between 100 and 120 meters above sea level with southern exposure. Guyot training system. Calcareous moraine soil, clayey with gravel.    

The grapes intended for Chiaretto are harvested two weeks earlier than those intended for red wine, in the first weeks of September.  

Perhaps, more than with the Cavalchina, the story begins with his grandfather Luciano; it was he who bought the first vineyards and then, in 1948, who built the winery that also housed a pomace distillery until 1967. The company was born as a game and a passion, an activity complementary to the main one of leather processing. Luciano was an eclectic person: he loved wine, but also lyric. This last passion of his led him to meet illustrious people, so much so that Maria Callas was his guest. His industry was among the few in Italy to manufacture football boots and this led him to also be a football player dealer. The stories of Luciano, Cavalchina and Custoza are linked and sometimes overlap. It was he who first, in 1962, decided to call the white wine of the area “Custoza”, he also sketched a first “recipe”: a wine obtained from the vines of Fernanda, Trebbiano and Garganega and led it to establish itself in the markets, then more important, of Rome and Milan.

Pairing Suggestions: t marries cured meats, fish and first courses. It has a typical pink color ideal for summer.

Maturation: After a pre-fermentation maceration at a temperature of 8/10 ° C, the must obtained by natural draining is clarified by static decantation and then fermented at a temperature of 17/18 ° C for 15-18 days. Malolactic is inhibited and after a short stay on the yeasts it is bottled.