Over the years we have aimed to improve the quality of our grapes and our wines with constant investment, experimentation and adherence to the very best vinification procedures.
Nowadays our wine cellar offers a range of particularly high quality wines produced from carefully selected grapes from our own vineyards.
Our existing vineyards are:
Area: Bardolino, hills in the DOC Classico area
Surface: 45.500 m²
Particularity: It is the historic vineyard of the Lenotti Family where today the Family lives. Its hilltop position “lake view” makes it unique and inimitable
Soil composition: Gravelly grounds of morainic origin
Red grapes: Rondinella, Corvina, Molinara, Syrah, Sangiovese
Growing system: Espalier with guyot
Wines produced:
Area: Cavaion Veronese, hills in the Bardolino DOC Classico area (Maps)
Surface: 423.700 m²
Particularity: It is the largest by extension among the Lenotti Family vineyards and is the center of the agricultural activities with an important production structure destined to the drying of the grapes
Soil composition: Calcareous and argillaceous grounds of glacial and alluvial origin
Red grapes: Corvina, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Molinara, Oseleta, Pelara, Rebo, Dindarella, Rondinella, Merlot. White grapes: Garganega, Cortese
Growing system: Espalier with guyot
Wines produced:
Area: Bardolino, DOC Classico area (Maps)
Surface: 25.000 m²
Particularity: Historic vineyard in the back of the company, it is one of the very few still “really” near the lake (distance about 200 meters)
Soil composition: Gravelly grounds of morainic origin
Red grapes: Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, Cabernet Sauvignon
Growing system: Espalier with guyot
Wines produced:
Area: Cavaion Veronese, hills in the Bardolino DOC Classico area (Maps)
Surface: 132.000 m²
Particularity: Last, among the Lenotti vineyards, in order of acquisition. It is undergoing restructuring, with the aim of becoming soon entirely organic
Soil composition: Calcareous and argillaceous grounds of glacial and alluvial origin
Red grapes: Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, Merlot, Sangiovese.
White grapes: Garganega, Cortese, Pinot Grigio
Growing system: Espalier with guyot
Produced wines:
Area: Sant’ Ambrogio di Valpolicella, hills in the Valpolicella DOC Classico area (Maps)
Surface: 53.000 m²
Particularity: It is the vineyard used for the production of all Valpolicella wines. The hilly exposure is unique. Here is the center of drying of the grapes for Amarone and Ripasso
Soil composition: Calcareous and argillaceous grounds of glacial and alluvial origin
Red grapes: Corvina, Molinara, Rondinella, Corvinone, Oseleta
Growing system: Espalier and pergola
Wines produced:
Area: Monteforte, hills in the Soave DOC Classico area
Surface: 16.000 m²
Particularity: It is on the top of a high hill (Capo Colle) and it is exposed to the sun from morning to evening. The lava soil is almost “black” and full of organoleptic characteristics that make these grapes unique
Soil composition: Volcanic
White grapes: Garganega, Fernanda
Growing system: Espalier with guyot
Wines produced: