Verona verticale
-4 vintages-

The experience we offer is divided into two parts: the winery tour and the tasting.

THE TOUR

The goal of our tour is to take our visitors through the journey of the grape cluster: from the vineyard to the bottle.

The tour starts from our vineyard on the back of the company (“Santa Cristina” Vineyard), one between our smallest (just 12,000 square meters) but more characteristic, being one of the few vineyards in our area just a few hundred meters from Lake Garda.

The tour will then continue to the grape reception area and to the fermentation cellar where, after harvesting, grapes, after being crushed, are fermented in steel tanks at controlled temperature.

We will then move into the underground barrel room, based on two large rooms with controlled temperature and humidity: first room hosts 40 large (2500 liters each) oak barrel and about 800 smaller casks (300 and 500 liters each) for the refining of our powerful red wines and complete alcoholic and malolactic fermentations; second room has been created just to age and refine already bottled red wines, which rest all requested time to be perfectly ready for consumption.

You will then walk to our bottling line where wine is bottled and where you will have a look to all requested bottling, labelling and packaging machines. The visit will end by visiting our warehouses where all wines are stocked before shipping.

During our tour you will hear a lot of details about Lenotti Family history and about our company, as well as explanations and stories about our wines.

THE TASTING

After the tour, we'll return to the barrel cellar where we'll offer a guided tasting of four great vintages of the most representative Veronese red wines: 

-2001: a mild summer and prolonged autumn allowed for a slower, more controlled appassimento, which imparted an elegant structure to the wines, accompanied by soft tannins. Our IGT Rosso del Veneto "Massimo" offers notes of fresh cherry, aromatic herbs, and light spices. It has excellent aging potential and ability to evolve over time.

-2004: This season was characterized by stable weather, which allowed for appassimento under ideal conditions, favored by cool and consistent temperatures that preserved acidity and complexity. The Cabernet Sauvignon IGT Rosso del Veneto "Pramonte" maintained a fruity profile with good structure and elegance.

-2008: cooler weather prevailed, favoring slow ripening—ideal conditions for appassimento. Il Ripasso della Valpolicella DOC Classico “Le Crosare” benefited from this, resulting in a wine of rare freshness and complexity, with notes of red fruits combined with vibrant acidity.

-2014: This vintage was marked by abundant rainfall, which created challenges during the appassimento. The challenge was brilliantly overcome thanks to the mastery of our winemaker, Giancarlo Lenotti. His expertise allowed us to produce a fruity and balanced Bardolino Superiore DOCG Classico “Le Olle,” with a vibrant aromatic profile and a light structure.

THANK YOU

We hope that with this proposal, we can fully introduce you to the characteristics of these extraordinary wines and help you appreciate the wonder of our region, which is so well-suited for viticulture.