ALPHA ZETA CORVINA If I Had a Daughter and She Was Beautiful and Sweet, I Would Name Her Corvina, So As Not to Confuse Her with All the Valpolicellas Running Around

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ALPHA ZETA CORVINA If I had a daughter and she was beautiful and sweet, I would name her Corvina, so as not to confuse her with all the Valpolicellas running around.

WINEMAKER Matt Thomson REGION Veneto/Valpolicella GRAPE VARIETY Corvina CONCEPTUAL DOPPELGANGER To the uninitiated, this may PRODUCTION look like a Vespa - the ubiq- VITI/VINI - The sustainably farmed vineyards pa’s quirky, lesser known cousin are located in the Valpantena is similar in that those fond of Italian reds will have the same ahhhh moment, but its relative The poor soils have a high chalk obscurity puts them in a spe- content, which stresses the vines cial club: the in-the-know Ital- ian Club, which includes both is harvested by hand, De-stemmed Lambretta and Corvina! and crushed and pumped to stain- was drained from the tank to in- Left in contact with the skins for PRODUCER 7 days and fermentation took place - Alpha Zeta was conceived in high quality fruit, the most lolactic fermentation took place - important ingredient for a su- in large oak, where wine was aged ing with star New Zealand wine- per high quality wine, at ex- for further 6 months prior to bot- maker, Matt Thomson, David set out to work intently with small, in any Valpolicella, Ripasso or family-owned growers, not large cover a range of styles and Amarone and it seemed fun to bottle enough to set up their own es- varieties that exist in the area, from a dry, white Soave, standard practice for the re- to lively, young, Valpolicella, all the way through to a rich, The result is access to super