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The Corti Benedettine Denomination of Controlled Origin of the Padua area has obtained the recognition in June 2004.
As stated in its product specification, it extends in the south – east area of the province of Padua and in the southern part of the province of Venice , occupying the territory which for over 700 years, from the twelfth to the beginning of the nineteenth century, knew the presence and the work of the monks of the Santa Giustina Benedictine Abbey in Padua.
Corti Benedettine were the administrative, economic and social center of the extended properties that, under the guidance of the monks, provided to local development through land reclamation, embankments of rivers, construction of farm buildings and soil working. The cultivation of the vine, already known in Roman times, is widespread in the territory, and the wine produced in the large cellars of the Corti became one of the main products of trade with the cities of Padua and Venice: this latter will widely market it in all Mediterranean ports.
This centuries–old experience revives today in the vineyards and in the cellars of this part of the Veneto region where, next to the historical and indigenous grape varieties, Raboso, Refosco, Tocai, Moscato, they cultivate those so–called international varieties, who have found here excellent conditions of climate and soil: Merlot, Cabernet, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc.
They produce wines that can be consumed young and where the freshness accompanied by intense floral notes can be appreciated; others are suitable to the medium or long periods of aging, so as to enhance at the nose and the mouth greater aromatic complexity and an elegant structure, together with a good softness.
The Consortium for the Protection of the DOC Wines “Bagnoli” have not speculative aims and was created by private producers of the most modern and biggest Cooperative Wineries in Italy. All vinegrowers, single or joined, winemakers and bottlers of the area can become members. The current president is Dr. Lorenzo Borletti and the vice–president is Mr. Antonio Melato.
The Voluntary Consortium for the Protection of the Colli Euganei D.O.C. since 1972 is reference and guarantee for the production of DOC wines: it carries out activities of promotion and supervision in order that the consumer finds on his table wines that, in the name of the consortium’s brand, offer all the physical and organoleptic characteristics that only the land of the Euganean Hills can give.
There are several services that the Consortium of DOC wines makes available to its members so that the produced wines meet the requirements of the rules of production: including chemical and microbiological analysis performed by an internal laboratory, the technical and agronomic assistance with the application of new techniques in cultivation and vine pest management and the oenological advice and assistance that allows the implementation of all the new technologies for winemaking.
The Consortium has also developed, presenting a project in the frame of the Leader II program, a common bottle for the Fior d’Arancio in order to enhance the image of this native vine. On 1st April 2011 the Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio became D.O.C.G.
In the foothills to the East of the Euganean Hills, in the town of Due Carrare, the "La Mincana" farm has been owned by the Dal Martello family for three generations.
The vineyards surround the winery, consisting of a complex that includes a sixteenth century villa and an arcade, now seat of the wineries. The villa of the seventeenth century is owned by the noble Venetian Dolfin family that took it over by the Bondumier family, the holder in the sixteenth century. In the first half of the eighteenth century it was renovated in Palladian style, particularly evident in the Northern loggia and in the oratory built to the west side of the villa.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century Andrea Dolfin (then ambassador of the Venetian Republic in France) entrusted the architect Giannantonio Selva the building of a garden at the south of the orchard, one of the first of its kind in Italy. Of the garden a few traces remain, the fish pond and some centuries–old trees.
The farm has been owned by the Dal Martello family that since 1907 and covers an area of about 57 hectares, of which 18 are vineyards. The main activity is the production and sale of wine. A careful vineyard management, low yields per hectare, appropriate techniques and attention at various stages of the subsequent winemaking allow us to obtain a final product of quality.
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Via Padova, 68 35026
Conselve (Padova)
The Corti Benedettine Denomination of Controlled Origin of the Padua area has obtained the recognition in June 2004. As stated in its product specification, it extends in the south – east area...
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P.za Marconi, 63 35023
Bagnoli di Sopra (Padova)
The Consortium for the Protection of the DOC Wines “Bagnoli” have not speculative aims and was created by private producers of the most modern and biggest Cooperative Wineries in Italy. All...
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Via E. Fermi, 1 35036
Montegrotto Terme (Padova)
The Voluntary Consortium for the Protection of the Colli Euganei D.O.C. since 1972 is reference and guarantee for the production of DOC wines: it carries out activities of promotion and...
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Viale Mincana, 52 35020
Due Carrare (Padova)
In the foothills to the East of the Euganean Hills, in the town of Due Carrare, the "La Mincana" farm has been owned by the Dal Martello family for three generations. The vineyards surround the...
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