Montello Rosso/Montello
Detto anche Montello
2 cantine. The red DOCG of the Montello and the Colli Asolani is a Bordeaux blend grown at the foot of the Dolomites, north of Venice. The two groups of hills, between Nervesa della Battaglia and Fonte, are separated by a gorge about a kilometre wide but form one geological body, rising from 100 to 450 metres. Continua a leggere ↓
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Cantine che producono Montello Rosso
Montello Rosso in breve
They are made of hard conglomerate under red, lime-free, acidic soils of marly clay and sand, moderately deep and good at holding water. The rock is cracked vertically, so water sinks and runs underground, and on the Montello it has opened more than 2,000 dolines. The Castelcucco, Cornuda and Monfumo communes lie wholly inside the zone; Asolo, Crocetta del Montello, Fonte and others in part.
Montello Rosso — or simply Montello — must be 40 to 70 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon, with 30 to 60 per cent Merlot, Cabernet Franc or Carmenère, and up to 15 per cent other local reds; a Superiore is also made. Yields stop at ten tonnes a hectare and new vineyards need at least 3,500 vines. The DOCG was created in 2011.