Winery Tenuta Le VeletteCollevolpe Orviéto Classico
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The Collevolpe Orviéto Classico of the Winery Tenuta Le Velette is in the top 0 of wines of Orvieto Classico.
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Discover the grape variety: Alvarinho
Lively, aromatic whites with cutting acidity and a slender mouth, featuring intense aromas of citrus, white peach, apricot, white flowers, passion fruit and iodised Atlantic saline notes. Tonic, long finish. The absolute star of the Monção e Melgaço sub-region (Vinho Verde DOC), it signs the finest Portuguese Vinho Verde. Also made as a single variety in the Douro. The Portuguese name for Galician Albariño, native to the northwest Iberian peninsula.
Informations about the Winery Tenuta Le Velette
The Winery Tenuta Le Velette is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Orvieto Classico to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Orvieto Classico
Historic heart of Orvieto DOC in Umbria (volcanic tuff-limestone soil): Grechetto and Procanico (Trebbiano Toscano) (>=60%) with Verdello, Canaiolo Bianco (Drupeggio) and Malvasia — fruity and floral profile with green apple, meadow flowers, citrus, yellow berries and spice hint, pale straw colour, fresh vivacity, good acidity, long perfumed finish with almond notes. Distinctive tuff minerality.
The wine region of Umbria
"Green heart" of Italy, cradle of Sagrantino: exceptional tannic red in Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG, dense and concentrated with notes of blackberry, candied plum, liquorice, spice and leather, powerful tannins and long ageing. Suppler Sangiovese in blends, Cabernet and Merlot in Torgiano DOCG. Orvieto whites based on Grechetto and Trebbiano, full and almondy, from dry to sweet Muffato. ~13,000 ha between Tuscany and Lazio.
The word of the wine: Removal of shoes
In the spring, this operation consists of removing the mound of earth formed at the foot of the vines by ploughing between the rows in the autumn.
