Who: Gaetano and Pio Francesco Tamellini
Where: Tamellini (VR)
What: Soave, Soave Classico, Millesimato
How: Conventional
Total size: SMALL

Tamellini

APPELLATION: Spumante Metodo Classico

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Garganega (downgraded Soave DOC)

WINE STYLE: Spumante

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless Steel 200HL

YEASTS: Inoculated if fermentation doesn’t start. Checking grape and must analysis to choose the right yeast for the season

MACERATION: None

MALOLACTIC: Done

AGED IN: Stainless Steel

AGED FOR: Around 9 months

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: tangential, 0,45 micron, bentonite 

VEGAN: N/A

TOTAL SO2: Max 80mg/L, Not a specific time 

BOTTLING DATE: N/A

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12%

VINEYARD: San Vittore, Costeggiola 

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Practicing Organic

ALTITUDE: 70 m

SOIL: Calcareous, medium-textured soil

YEAR PLANTED: 1992

DENSITY: 5700 vines per ha in the guyot, 3600 vines per ha in the pergola Veronese

PICK DATE: The first harvest we make is the one for the classic method in order to obtain the acidity and the ph that are suitable for the sparkling wine.

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 25,000 bottles