Marinella Camerani is a woman ahead of her time. In the mid-1980s when she took over the family vineyard holdings and decided to begin farming and producing organically her Venetian industry counterparts were flabbergasted.  Still today the Venetian old guard shuns this idea of organic production leaving Marinella and a handful of others as the only Biodynamic certified farms producing DOCG wines in the Veneto.  She planted her first vineyard with Guyot training system, the Macie vineyard at 4,500 plants per hectare.  Today the winery tends 13 distinctive vineyard plots, all Biodynamic certified with vine densities ranging from 4,500 – 9,200 plants per hectare.

THE VINEYARDS

Amarone Corte Sant’Alda is made from a selection of Corvina 40%, Rondinella 20% and Corvina Grossa 40% from our central vineyards – Roaro Vineyard 7 – Valletta Vineyard 5 and Bosco Vineyard 6 – for an overall area of 3.70 hectares. All the vines are grown using the simple guyot system with a density of 6400 plants/hectare.

The grapes are placed in wooden boxes in the vineyards themselves and must ensure optimal quality, ripeness and well-separated bunches. They are then kept until February in integral and healthy condition. Over these months, a physiological reduction of around 60/65% takes place involving important conversion and concentration.

“Piè di couve” exclusively with native yeasts helps activate all fermentation stages in 40 hl vats. Low seasonal temperatures ensure that this stage lasts for more than a month, during which time continual rack and return and manual wine-crushing procedures ensure the best extraction of the goodness and elegance of the skins. 

On completion of fermentation and after pouring off, the new Amarone is left for no less than three years in oak barrels of various capacities and ages. Complimentary production includes typical local wines Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso, and Soave.Corte Sant’ Alda also produces wines from their Mithas line in minimal quantities.   These wines come from the oldest vineyards and best bunches of grapes hand selected throughout harvest.