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Loc. Canova, 2 - 37011 Calmasino (Vr) Italia / Tel. 045 7236448 / Fax 045 7236704 / [email protected] / www.vignetivillabella.com DECANTER, ITALY 2012 / MARZO 2012 Guess who is coming to dinner? Bardolino has finally stopped worrying about - or trying to emulate - its better - known neighbours. Its return to authenticity is serving it well, says Kerin O’Keefe “At the beginning of this century, consumers wanted wines resembling popular Australian bottlings; darkly coloured, high in alcohol and pow- erfully strucutred explains Franco Cristoforetti of Villabella, the larg- est private Bardolino producer, from the heart of the Bardolino Classico zone in the denomination’s original growing area. “So in 2001 producers created the denomination DOCG, that permitted international varie- ties, had lower yelds and longer age- ing requirements. We also changed Bardolino DOC’S production code to allow international grapes into the blend, namely Cabernet and Merlot, to add body and colour and to make Bardolino more appealing to inter- national palates” Cristoforetti recalls how winemakers and growers began experimenting with other ways of concentrating Bardolino; harvesting late when grapes were overripe, and using longer maceration periods to extract more colour and tannins “But we soon realised that these measures didn’t improve Bardolino, they only changed its typicity” he says O'Keefe's Top Bardolinos for the table: Villabella Vigna Morlongo 2010 ****

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DECANTER, ITALY 2012 / MARZO 2012

Guess who is coming to dinner?Bardolino has finally stopped worrying about - or trying to emulate - its better - known

neighbours. Its return to authenticity is serving it well, says Kerin O’Keefe

“At the beginning of this century, consumers wanted wines resembling popular Australian bottlings; darkly coloured, high in alcohol and pow-erfully strucutred explains Franco Cristoforetti of Villabella, the larg-est private Bardolino producer, from the heart of the Bardolino Classico zone in the denomination’s original growing area. “So in 2001 producers created the denomination DOCG, that permitted international varie-ties, had lower yelds and longer age-ing requirements. We also changed Bardolino DOC’S production code to allow international grapes into the blend, namely Cabernet and Merlot, to add body and colour and to make Bardolino more appealing to inter-national palates” Cristoforetti recalls how winemakers and growers began experimenting with other ways of concentrating Bardolino; harvesting late when grapes were overripe, and using longer maceration periods to extract more colour and tannins “But we soon realised that these measures didn’t improve Bardolino, they only changed its typicity” he says

O'Keefe's Top Bardolinos

for the table:

VillabellaVigna Morlongo 2010

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BERE DoLCE ITALIA di Gigi Brozzoni / GENNAIO 2012

Di colore giallo paglierino appena ve-nato da riflessi dorati, propone imme-diati profumi di dolcissimo miele, che esaltano le calde note della frutta essi-cata e in confettura. Il sorso è fine ed elegante, con un misurato equilibrio tra dolcezza, morbidezza, densità e fre-sca frangranza.

FiordilejPassito del Veneto igt

Bere Dolce Italia

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BERLINER WINE TRoPHY 2012 / FEBBRAIO 2012

Berliner Wein Trophy medaglia d’argento/silver medal

BARDOLINO CHIARETTO POZZO DELL’AMORE 2011

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doctorwine.it - di dAnieLe cerniLLi / MARZO 2012

Piccoli vini crescono...Da uve corvina, rondinella e un pizzico di corvinone. Villabella è proprio bella. Più di duecento ettari collocati sulle colline che dominano il Garda. Questo Bardolino ha un colore appena più cupo degli altri, e i profumi ricordano la marasca ed il ribes. Sapore pieno, con qualche accenno tanni-co, da vino ancora giovane.

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Bardolino Superiore Terre di CavagionPunteggio: 84

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soAvEmENTE.NET / MARZO 2012

Anteprima Bardolino4^ Edizione: il 2011, annata enigmatica

Vigneti Villabella

Vigna Morlongo

Bel rubino profondo e naso sottilmente minerale, con note ferrose e speziate. Sorso gra-devole, di corposo equilibrio e sostanza. Caleidoscopico.

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SLOW WINE / NOVEMBRE 2011

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Verona Wine Top 2011

DUEMILAVINI / NOVEMBRE 2011

BARDOLINO

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VINIBUONI D’ITALIA / NOVEMBRE 2011

BARDOLINO

“Quest’anno è la Valpolicella che emerge in modo particolare e lo fa con

due teste di serie,ovvero gli Amarone.”

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I VINI DI VERONELLI / NOVEMBRE 2011

BARDOLINO

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GAMBERO ROSSO / NOVEMBRE 2011

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LE GUIDE DE L’ ESPRESSO / NOVEMBRE 2011