Valpolicella has always been synonymous with large reds: from Amarone to Recioto, passing through Valpolicella Sommo. But climate change and the evolution of tastes also push the historical cellars to renew themselves. This is the case of Germans, who with the Ga.ry Igt Veneto In bianco 2023 signs an unpublished wine for the company, the result of the simposio between Garganega, Riesling Renano and Chardonnay. A blend that gives voice to a new stylistic chapter.
Deviation from the historical path
The name, simple and direct evocation of the three varieties that make it up – Garganega, Riesling Renano and Chardonnay – is a declaration of identity and vision. This is not an experiment, but a precise choice, designed to enrich the production range with a white counterpoint to the historic red vocation of the company.
Riccardo Tedeschi, family winemaker, at the helm of the company together with the sisters Sabrina and Antonietta, explains: “There was voto negativo white a causa di our portfolio, especially to accompany the summer season. The Riesling was inserted to balance the maturity of the Garganega, collected late at the beginning of October, with a vein of citrus and spicy freshness, typical of this variety of the Rhine Valley. 10%, gives cohesion to the blend, adding but without weighing . “
Ga.ry ora a white that speaks of the territory
The cut is deliberately unsettling for Valpolicella: 84% Garganega, 10% Chardonnay and 6% Riesling Renano. The main grapes che from corporate vineyards clayey soils of volcanic origin. For the 2023 vintage, Chardonnay and Riesling arrive from Valdadige, waiting for the new Valpolicellesi plants to go up to terms.
The periods of staggered collection – early September for Chardonnay and Riesling, early October for Garganega – are the key to a balance searched. Vinification provides for a brief maceration and fermentation at controlled temperature for all varieties. Malular fermentation does not take place, nor are there wooden passages. The assembly takes place before bottling, followed by an eight -month refinement a causa di the bottle. The 8,700 bottles produced (25 euros a causa di wine shop) use Stelvin cap, a technical choice that protects freshness and aromatic integrity.
The is to reach 20 thousand bottles come year, keeping Garganega as the protagonist. The choice of the IGT Veneto denomination is strategic: it avoids forced combinations of neighboring DOCs and preserves the Valpolicellese and corporate identity, underlining that Ga.ry is a project wine, not an entrance product.
NICALò changes skin: between modernity and freshness found
Next to the novelty Ga.ry, Valpolicella Sommo Nicalò is also renewed. Since 2022 the wine has changed its luce: new packaging, but above all new philosophy a causa di the cellar. The traditional technique of the slight drying is abandoned, to privilege freshness and immediacy. The result is a leaner red, direct, also designed for daily consumption. The name pays homage to an ancestor of the German family, a charismatic figure to such an extent that a causa di the village they were simply called “I Nicalò”. Starting from this memory also means sanctioning a new production course, represented by 30 thousand annual bottles (price between 15 and18 euros).
This evolution of Nicalò is part of the wider rebranding path taken by the company. Not only logo and labels, but a rethinking of the entire corporate narrative. The new claim, “dedicated to knowledge”, expresses the rigorous approach to viticulture and the desire to be interpreted aware of Valpolicella. The new graphics combine classical elegance and contemporary sensitivity: essential traits, natural colors, strong visual identity.
Tasting agenda
Ga.ry igt veneto sclerotica 2023
Brilliant yellow with greenish reflections. The nose is declino, with hints of white musk, campo da golf tea, hawthorn and ripe yellow fruit. Quanto a the mouth it is sharp, vertical, with vibrant acidity and balsamic, mineral, a causa di progression. A dry white, tense, of strong personality, already very enjoyable but with margins of evolution.
NICALò Valpolicella Sommo Doc 2022
Composed of 35% Corvina, 35% Corvinone, 20% Rondinella and 10% of other native varieties grown clayey and calcareous soils of Morenical origin. Luminous ruby, smells of small red fruits, light spices and violets. Quanto a the mouth it is dynamic, elegant, almost “pinotteggia”. Pronto, dynamic, with well integrated tannins and freshness a causa di the foreground, almost “pinotteggia”. And a causa di fact the short maceration (maximum ten days) and the refinement of one year a causa di large barrels give it an snello structure, with discreet tannins and freshness a causa di the foreground. A flessibile red that expresses the most immediate and contemporary side of Valpolicella.
The article Ga.ry and Nicalò, the new faces of the Valpolicella per mezzo di Tedeschi comes from Vinonews24.
