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WHEN WINE BECOMES A FAMILY AFFAIR Zenato wines are born from a vision, and a family united by a shared dream. Produced in a country where wine is a passion, their tastes and aromas are said to inspire emotion and create unique memories. Try them and discover for yourself.
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he tale of Zenato is the story of a family with roots firmly planted in the land that surrounds them and made possible thanks to the passion and entrepreneurial vision of the estate’s founder, Sergio Zenato. With hard work and perseverance, he has managed to fulfil his greatest dream: to create a winery capable of harvesting the fruits of the earth and transforming them into wines filled with emotions and matchless flavour. Today, more than 60 years after Zenato was founded, the wines they produce are a testament to Sergio’s extraordinary vision and the support of his wife Carla and their two children Alberto and Nadia. This prestigious wine producer is located in the Veneto region of northeast Italy, surrounded by rolling hills covered in the straight lines of row upon row of verdant grapevines. Described as the soul of Lugana and the Heart of Valpolicella, the Zenato estate occupies 95 hectares of the best vineyards to be found in the “classic zones” of the Lugana and Valpolicella regions, famed for their Amarone della Valpolicella style of wines.
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With two faces, one white, the other red, Zenato produces premium-quality wines that are born through a visceral passion for the land, through respect for time, and through a family tradition that has championed local grape varieties for 60 years. Their story stretches from the banks of Lake Garda to the hills of nearby Valpolicella where the estate’s reds are born from the sunfilled vineyards of Corvina and Rondinella in Costalunga in the Sant’ Ambrogio commune. Corvina and Rondinella grape varietals are the two signature grapes used in the production of the Amarone della Valpolicella style of wines. The Amarone Classico wines are made at the Costalunga estate at Sant' Ambrogio di Valpolicella using grapes that are dried for up to four months before fermentation and 36 months ageing in oak barrels. The estate’s flagship Riserva Sergio Zenato is made
