Wine Villa Spinosa, “Jago”, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Classico Superiore, 2010

Description

Villa Spinosa, “Jago” is a dry red wine made from the harvest of the “Jago” vineyard, one of the best Crus of Valpolicella. It is produced using the traditional Ripasso technology, which is the exclusive heritage of Valpolicella and its wine culture. This technology involves fermentation on the skins of the grapes and the pomace left after the fermentation of the Recioto Amarone wine.
The Corvina Veronese, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes are hand-picked from early to mid-October, placed in small baskets and transported to the winery, where they are carefully de-stemmed and crushed. Fermentation takes place in steel tanks at a temperature of 16-22C. Maceration lasts 12-14 days. After malolactic fermentation, the wine matures in steel tanks until April, then 12 months in 500-litre French oak barrels and 12 months in 2,000-2,500-litre Slavonian oak barrels. After bottling, the wine ages for another 6 months in the winerys cellars.