BREGANZE DOC TORCOLATO WINE: 100% Vespaiolo DENOMINATION: BREGANZE Doc LOCATION OF VINEYARD: hills of Saint Lucia - DOC areas of Breganze SOIL/LAND: volcanic soil hills TYPE: sweet VINIFICATION: Produced in Italy in this single zone of Breganze, the product is created by extreme attention and careful selection of the grape bunches of vespaiola. In order to dry the grapes, they are coiled (intorcolà) on a string in an aired atmosphere. Only the best clusters are collected for the drying. This drying process gives the Torcolato wine its sweetness. The production is limited due to the specific demands and the handicraft of creating this wine. The fermentation happens over extended periods and can last some months until arresting itself spontaneously leaving the wine still sweet. It is left to rest in steel vats for some years before being bottled. CHARACTERISTICS: A wonderful color of gold with intense aroma of cooked apple, honey, apricot, raisins and dates. It fills the mouth with flavor. The freshness from the vespaiola grape allows it to contrast the sweetness and therefore is not overpowering but elegant. Torcolato is one of the great wines of meditation or conversation. It is excellent alone, but pairs well with herbed and aged cheeses. It also is a special dessert wine and goes well with dry biscuits. Torcolato ages well and is always a pleasant surprise when bottles from some decades before are opened. SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10-12°C. Winery FIRMINO MIOTTI -Via Brogliati Contro, 53 – 36042 Breganze (VI) - Italy www.firminomiotti.it .