2019 Coffele Valpolicella

Tasting Notes:

Full of fruit: sour black cherries, blackberries, and ripe red cherries, with hints of balsam and spice and the slightest suggestion of herbaceousness. The aroma is rich and intense, but with great finesse. It is highly structured, harmonious, and delicate, with a long finish. The refreshing acidity balances out the wine’s alcohol, and the tannins are dense yet fine.

About Coffele:

When Giovanna, the last heiress of the Visco family, married Giuseppe Coffele, she brought as a dowry around 25 hectares of vineyards located in Castelcerino in the Soave Classico zone. 1971 was the turning point. After many years spent restoring the vineyards, Giuseppe and Giovanna began to make wine and founded the Coffele Estate, following a passion which grew over the years. The Visco Family, indeed, produced the “Bianco Soave” with their own grapes already back to the middle of the 19th century, as evidenced by the chemical analyses published in the Gazzetta Chimica di Asti [Asti Chemical Gazette] in 1874.

Giuseppe Coffele, first teacher and then headmaster of the High School in Soave Benedetto dal Bene, showed a great passion for the wine production and started looking after vineyards in his free time from teaching. Initially having no enological training, over the years he surrounded himself with people who could help and advise him with their expertise and experience in the vineyards. Many people such as Attilio Scienza, Mario Fregoni, Antonio Calò, Giovanni Cargnello and the many technical experts of the agricultural inspectorate of Verona and Veneto walked through vineyards in the Castelcerino. Professor Coffele had an open-minded, different and innovative point of view, which gave added value to the ancient winemaking tradition of Soave. He passed away in 2020, letting his mark not only in his winery, but also in the whole Denomination.