“Good wine is not made in the cellar but on the vineyard”.
This is the philosophy which has guided the Ponte Family, founder and still today head of the CarlindePaolo firm. The sole objective of the commitment, competence and hard work dedicated to the vineyards is the production of top quality grapes, an element essential to achieve excellence.
The entire process starts in winter with dry pruning, followed by careful bending of the fruit-bearing shoot and finally grafting in line with Gouyot’s principles. Thereafter comes the pinching out and an entire series of activities required to ensure a balanced development of the plant in harmony with the environment and the seasonal trend, which together with the terroir determines the characteristics of the year’s grape harvest. If there are too many clusters on a single plant it is necessary to thin them out to help the ripening of the remaining fruits. The first controls start at the end of August: a sampling of 400 grapes is picked from every vineyard, from which to extract the juice to be analyzed. The same process is repeated one week later and then again to keep track of the ripening trend. The date on which to start the harvest is however decided only after receiving the organoleptic evaluation, that is tasting the grapes: if they are sufficiently ripe to be eaten they are also good for harvesting and wine making.
Here too, as in all the other operations, the determining element is the passion and desire by CarlindePaolo always to fully satisfy those who will drink the wine it produces.