Valtenesi Chiaretto is back on the market with the new vintage: as provided by the product specification, Valentine’s Day coincides with the go-ahead for the marketing of the first fruit of last harvest, in this case 2016. And about two million bottles (+ 10% compared to 2015) are ready for the traditional déblocage, anticipated yesterday by a preview organized by the Consortium in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, and to be precise in the beautiful, sumptuous setting of a true legend of the Milanese cuisine as the restaurant Savini. Here, President Alessandro Luzzago, his deputy Matteo Vezzola and director Carlo Alberto Panont presented the launch of initiatives that this year will accompany the return to the table of the classic rosé wine made on the Brescia shore of Lake Garda, in addition to illustrating the characteristics of a really lucky thousandth, born from a vintage characterized not only by an excellent course between flowering and maturation, but also by the almost total absence of problems related to diseases. In short, 2016 was a very lucky year in Valtènesi and now fans and aficionados will be able to personally verify the results in the glass.
The presentation at Savini had as illustrious testimonial Riccardo Camanini, the chef of Lido 84 restaurant in Gardone Riviera (One Michelin Star), recent winner of the Creativity Award in the last edition of Identità Golose in Milan with its unrivaled Cheese and Pepper maccaroni in Bladder. ” Chiaretto is a very versatile wine – he said -. We have always promoted it and today is regularly requested by our customers, especially from the international ones, who identify it as a symbol of the Garda territory”.
The decision to return to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, after the frontrunner experience last year, is also linked to the Consortium will to regain possession of a tradition that, in the early ‘900 during the Belle Epoque, saw the Garda Chiaretto become a trend aperitif in the best restaurants of the city. Also on this basis it has been created a promotional campaign that will continue always in Gallery and to be precise at the Cobianchi space in Piazza Duomo 19, where the Valtenesi Chiaretto will be the star of initiatives and tastings as the “three days” dedicated to the figure of Eleonora Duse , scheduled for February 23 to 25 with literary previews, theatrical and gastronomic moments. Later on Wednesday, 1 and 8 March at 6pm, aperitifs with Valtènesi Chiaretto combined with typical Lombard products. All waiting for the big show with “Italia in Rosa” in Moniga del Garda: this year the national showcase of “rosé culture” will celebrate the tenth anniversary June 2 to 4 with an edition in great style.
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