80% Corvina veronese e Corvinone, 20% Rondinella.

Lena di Mezzo is an entirely terraced estate of 17.8 hectares that lies in the heart of Fumane, a splendid hilly zone with tufaceous, clay and limestone soils, in which we have sought to express to the full the interdependence between the terroir and the indigenous grape varieties that are the unique heritage of the area around Verona. Scarnocchio is a very old terraced vineyard that lies inside this holding at an altitiude of over 380 metres above sea level

Over 380 metres above sea level

Only the Pergola training system is used. The choice of this training system was made to allow the Corvina Veronese and Corvinone grape varieties to have perfect exposure to the sun. Only the ripest, loosely-packed bunches are chosen for drying and are picked by hand. The yield is around 3,000kg per hectare

The grapes are picked around mid-October, after they have just started to dry on the vine. This drying process then continues in crates in a special drying area, under controlled conditions of humidity and at natural winter temperatures

After careful selection the grapes are placed in crates and put into well-ventilated areas so that the sugars and other important components, such as extracts and glycerine, can become more concentrated.  Towards the end of January (or sometimes February and even March, depending on the prevailing weather conditions) the grapes undergo a gentle crushing, followed by a slow fermentation, interrupted by a series of rackings that allow the wine to maintain its sweetness because the remaining  sugar is not transformed into alcohol.  Immediately afterwards it is put into Slavonian oak and cherry wood barrels for 12-18 months

A sweet red wine

Deep garnet red

Intense yet refined, with floral sensations of violets, iris, wild roses and vanilla

Full, creamily sweet, velvety warm, rich in character and yet fresh

It is a splendid dessert wine, that goes well with traditional Veronese specialities such as pandoro, panettone and shortbread, but it can also happily accompany soft and flavourful cheeses like Gorgonzola.  We recommend opening the bottle at least an hour before serving it