Wine Description
Montevetrano is a red wine Colli di Salerno IGT, composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Aglianico, Merlot. It is produced just a few kilometres from Salerno in the winery of Montevetrano owned by Silvia Imparato in San Cipriano Picentino. It is vinified with own grapes and bottled at the estate, to guarantee total control of the whole productive cycle. The composition of the soil is medium-texture, with bones fragments. Montevetrano has a recognizable style, characterized by complexity, like the territory in which it is born with its variety of perfumes and colours. It is a wine with a strong persistence, that benefits from the influence of the sea and a mild climate. The vineyard is protected by the Picentini Mountains, which form like a crown around the property. Thanks to a careful and respectful processing the Montevetrano continues to mature in bottles for fifteen or twenty years. According to the tasting made during the years, the forecasts and experts opinions on the various vintages, Montevetrano guaranties great longevity.
Winemaking:
Colli di Salerno red IGT 
Production area San Cipriano Picentino (Salerno) 
Ground Medium mixture composition, bones fragments South-west exposure. Hilly position. 
Surface of the vineyard Total extension of approximately 5 hectares. 
First production year 1993. 
Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Aglianico, Merlot, wholly owned. Training system Spurred cordon and Guyot.
 Density of Strains 4000 per Ha. 
Production per hectare 6.000 Kg per Ha. 
Vinification In stainless steel after 15% drainage of the must.
Duration of fermentation about 20 days with long maceration of the skin. 
Alcoholic fermentation In stainless steel. 
Malolactic fermentation Done. 
Aging For 12 months, in new barriques of 225 lt. Oak from Nevers, Allier and Tronçais. 
Refinement In bottle at least 6 months. 
Alcohol 13,50%
Tasting notes
A rich wine, but also flowing and elegant. Dark ruby red, it shows sour cherry and berries, licorice on the nose. It is complex and rich, without any winks. Cinnamon and cardamom are well blended with mineral notes, still in evolution on the mouth. A crispy acidity makes this wine long lasting. Tannins are round developing in a fruity balsamic aroma. 
About the Estate
Today Montevetrano is a 26 hectares estate about 5 of these are vineyards), in the Monti Picentini Regional Park, in southern Italy. The vineyards are in San Cipriano Picentino, in a former Bourbons’ estate at 100 meters above sea level, on the crest of a hill among oaks, chestnuts, hazelnut trees, citrus grove and olive trees, by the shadow of an ancient medieval castle. The boundaries are marked by blackberry bushes and old roses introduce to the rows in the “Horse vineyard”, near the ‘700 country house.