With Vulcaia Fumé, the company's first wine, the idea was to make Soave terroir known, but not with a classic wine, but with an interpretation of the Sauvignon grape. This wine is unique in its own way, standing apart from any fashionable style or category.
Upon arrival at the winery, the grapes are chilled in the cold room for a few hours and then separated from the stalks. This is followed by cold maceration on the skins for 3-6 hours. After 24 hours of static settling, the must undergoes alcoholic fermentation in heavily toasted French oak barriques (30% first pass, 50% second pass, 20% third pass). Aging continues for 6 months, during which time periodic batonage is conducted, after which the wine is transferred to stainless steel. In November, the Vulcaia Fumé is bottled and remains in the cellars for several months before reaching the market.
Aroma of coffee, spices and flower petals. The palate reveals notes of tropical and citrus fruits, as well as great complexity of flavour. Long and persistent aftertaste.
"The label shows a plan of the Berg Theatre in Vicenza, built in the Roman era (1st-2nd century AD) under Emperor Hadrian using the "opus caementicium" technique of soft limestone from Colli Berici, highly prized for the ease with which they could be worked. Damaged by earthquakes and fires, the theatre was dismantled between the 15th and 18th centuries and its marble and statues were used in the construction of various buildings. The Veneto's supreme architect Andrea Palladio drew up its plan in the 1500s (Plan of the Ancient Theatre of Vicenza). The sketch shows a reconstruction of the plan from Daniele Barbaro's Book 5 of Vitruvius (1556), redrawn and adapted by architect Nicholas Wood."