Oratorio di San Lorenzo
Colli Berici D.O.C. Carmenere Riserva
Soil: Calcareous
Grapes: Carmenere
Impressions
The grape, very ripe, generates a very intense and persistent flavor.
Deep nose of black berries, cocoa, pepper and other spices.
Authoritative in the mouth, it shows superb balance with ripe tannins and a round, generous finish of rare length.
The Wine
The area of the Oratorio di San Lorenzo is a small valley surrounded by an unspoilt nature, a mystic place where monks lived in the past.
The first vintage of this wine, 2004, expresses already what we expected: the uniqueness of a grape (Carmenere) that in the Colli Berici produces emotions which cannot be repeated elsewhere.
The microclimate in this area is unique. The vineyard, is affected positively the influence of the adjacent forest, which gives organic substances like limestone and clay and gives origin to important temperature gaps. The area is often hot during the day and fresh at night.
The Carmenere has a unique story to tell: our most exclusive wine to present to customers.
In 2009 Inama launches the new DOC: “COLLI BERICI D.O.C. CARMENERE RISERVA” with the label Oratorio di San Lorenzo: Inama is the only winery to have a unique project on the Carmenere in Europe.
Characteristics
Selection, only in the best vintages, of the best grapes in our Carmenere vineyard, at the Oratorio di San Lorenzo.
18 months in mostly new barriques.
Pairings
Grilled or smoked pork, zampone (pigs’ trotters) and cotechino.
With local traditional dishes: Boiled meat and pearà, ossobuco with peas, polenta with sopressa vicentina DOC.
With vegetables: Pasta with beans.