De Stefani Naturalmente Rosso 2019
Naturalmente Rosso is a blend of two grapes that have had a wide spread cultivation in the Venetian vineyards since many centuries: Merlot and Raboso. Organic and biodynamic principles in the vineyard, hand made harvest, no manipulations in the winery, native yeasts, skin contact fermentation and no filtration are the methods used to craft this wine. The wine has an intense ruby colour, ripe red fruit bouquet with notes of cherry and rasberry, full body, with a good level of silky tannins, thick texture and notes of spices.
How is the wine made?
the wine refines for several months on its noble lees in concrete vats. No filtration and low level of sulfites.
About the winery
The De Stefani family originates in Refrontolo, a little hilly village in Veneto Italy. As results in official documents of 1624. In the second half of 1800 Valeriano De Stefani, the founder, individualized the best soil where to produce wines of rare indigenous territorial personality “thanks to the Caranto soil”, as is the Colvendrame estate in Refrontolo, on the hills between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, north of Venice, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Today Alessandro De Stefani “ fourth generation” follows his father Tiziano in producing wines that follows a very natural philosophy of sustainability by maintaining and preserving the growth of old healthy vines, planted by choice in very high-density vineyards, without the use of chemicals or animal products, and using only indigenous yeasts without additional sulphites in the process of making their wines, turning native varieties into a better expression of themselves.
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