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Nowadays, three generations of winegrowers have run this company, founded in 1900. Today, Cantine Virgili produces the best DOC wines of Mantua.
Tenuta Riccardi produces quality wines with D.O.C. and I.G.T. of Oltrepò Pavese. The cultivation of the vine of Oltrepò dates back to ancient, prehistorical times, as proven by the discovery of a trunk of vine–fossil, an evidence of the presence of the vine, cultivated or wild, for many millennia. Founded in 1912 by the grandfather’s passion for tradition and for the genuine products, it has been handed down to his son that united this passion to the agricultural first and then of wine knowledge, and today manages this winery, a meeting point for lovers of good wine and good food, always supporting the motto that good wine is made only with good grapes. Each vineyard has been meticulously designed by choosing the composition of the soil, the density of planting, the types of farming (strictly without the usage of chemical fertilizers and pesticides) and the best selection of vines, and is followed, until the full maturation of the grapes, while the harvest and the early stages of vinification are carried out with due respect for nature, but also with the aid of avant–garde technologies that preserve the genuineness of the final product ensuring maximum organoleptic quality.
The company produces:
CROATINA IGT
BARBERA IGT
CABERNET IGT
PINOT NERO IGT
RIESLING ITALICO IGT
MOSCATO IGT
The design of this structure is followed by an internationally renowned architect, with offices in Verona, Porto Cervo and Moscow, who has already built wineries in USA, Russia and Italy. In addition to the winery, the heart of the activity, built into a hill banked to avoid any impact on the territory, on this surface a majestic hospitality area has been made to attract wine tourism. This area consists of a tasting room, a conference room with 100 seats, a shop, offices, a bar, an area for events used in business presentations, fashion shows, art exhibitions, weddings, birthdays, etc, and 5 bedrooms decorated with care in every detail. The panorama seen from the location is unique, with view of the valley below and of the rolling hills as far as the eye can see. Our intent is to provide our customers, in addition to a holiday surrounded by nature, where it will be possible to mountain biking, play golf, horseback riding, hiking and practice many other activities, the opportunity to taste wines and excellent classic methods after visiting the vineyards and the winery where the wine is made.
List of flagship products: Pinot Nero, Metodo Classico Blanc de Noir Extra Brut, Metodo Classico Brut 100% Pinot Nero Rosé Metodo Classico Brut 85% Pinot Nero 15% Chardonnay, Bonarda, Chardonnay
The farm, owned by the Cerutti family since the early twentieth century, has an extension of about 12 hectares. The land, gently collimated, stretches around the farmhouse, the recently build winery and the arcade, that now is used as a shelter for tools. The land of the company was cultivated, up to the 50s or so, as arable soil, allowing in this way the breeding of cattle. All the work was done by hand or with rudimentary equipment pulled by oxen. Limited was the cultivation of grapes, with only a few scattered rows that interrupted the expanse of fields. The grapes produced was sufficient for family needs. It was collected, placed in a vat and pressed with feet. The must was transported in wooden barrels where it fermented and underwent the natural transformation into wine.
In 1948 the intensive cultivation of vines began, as it was understood that this activity was most suitable for the hilly terrain. For the first time, they carried out the trenching of the soil by mechanical means: a high–power tractor towing a plow capable of digging 1 meter deep furrows. Moreover, the espalier method of vine cultivation (a vine after the other, horizontally) was, this latter, a very important innovation, as it allowed the use of mechanical means for working the soil in an easy, fast and complete way. Furthermore, the product also receives more sun’s heat and fungicide treatments. Within 20 years or so, we reached 10 hectares of vineyards in production.
Red grapes such as Croatina, Barbera, Uva Rara, Pinot and Cabernet, and white grapes such as Riesling, Moscato, Malvasia and Chardonnay, are grown here. Most of the produce is pressed and vinified in the cellar of the company, following controlled methods, complying with the rules, but homemade. A portion of the produce is brought to the “La Versa” Cooperative Winery. Until two decades ago, vinification took place in a wine cellar adjacent to the old house. Space was limited and uncomfortable.
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via M. Donati, 2 46100
Mantova (Mantova)
Nowadays, three generations of winegrowers have run this company, founded in 1900. Today, Cantine Virgili produces the best DOC wines of Mantua.
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Fraz. Casino di Soriasco, 1 27047
Santa Maria della Versa (Pavia)
Tenuta Riccardi produces quality wines with D.O.C. and I.G.T. of Oltrepò Pavese. The cultivation of the vine of Oltrepò dates back to ancient, prehistorical times, as proven by the discovery of...
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via Buca, 24 27047
Santa Maria della Versa (Pavia)
The design of this structure is followed by an internationally renowned architect, with offices in Verona, Porto Cervo and Moscow, who has already built wineries in USA, Russia and Italy. In...
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Frazione Casa Nuova, 4 27049
Zenevredo (Pavia)
The farm, owned by the Cerutti family since the early twentieth century, has an extension of about 12 hectares. The land, gently collimated, stretches around the farmhouse, the recently build...
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3, v. Metauro 20052
Monza (Monza e Brianza)
5, v. dei Platani 20077
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19, p. Dante Alighieri 20020
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8, p. G. Scotti - Corneliano Bertario 20060
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Via Roccasusella 13 27050
Retorbido (Pavia)
Via Torino 96 27045
Casteggio (Pavia)
Via Mairano 27045
Casteggio (Pavia)
Via Madonna Della Porta 14 46040
Cavriana (Mantova)
