2012 Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore, Veneto, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE 2012 was quite a good vintage. Excellent weather conditions persisted throughout the summertime, with high peaks of temperature but good rainfalls, allowing a consistent maturation of grapes. Unfortunately, the vineyards were hit twice by hail, resulting in less production and a need for more careful selection during the harvest time. Except for this flaw, which the winery is more or less used to dealing with every year, the trend of

important to keep the yeasts which are on the skins and really precious for our spontaneous fermentations

a careful triage (selection process) took place

high surveillance" winemaking

The estate’s Sancerre Rouge

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The must undergoes a 4-5 day fermentation on the skins

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Their respect for balance in nature is carried on in the vineyards of Bernardus

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and then macerated for six days to extract characters of fruit and finesse

9 days maceration with whole clusters in gridded vats