THE WINE

The Veronica from Paolo Caccese’s winery is a sweet wine that comes from Malvasia Istriana and Verduzzo Friulano grapes, grown in the estate’s vineyards in the town of Pradis in the province of Cormons in the heart of the Collio DOC. The soil rich in fragmented marl and sandstone that time has enriched with salts, and the protection of the Alps, which allow a climate with a significant temperature range, make this area a unique place for vine growing.

THE WINEMAKING

The grapes of both grape varieties are harvested when they are sub-ripe. After fermentation, the wine is blended and left to rest for about three years in French oak barriques. After bottling, the wine rests for a few months in the cellar before being placed on the market.

THE TASTING

Intense yellow with golden reflections. The aroma is fresh with pleasant hints of honey that intertwine with notes of acacia to close with puffs of dried fruit. Soft on the palate, this is certainly a sweet but not cloying wine with a pleasant savoury note and long persistence.

FOOD PAIRINGS

This is a dessert wine; it goes well with dried fruit desserts but also blue cheeses and fois gras. Also excellent as a meditation wine.

THE WINERY

The history of Paolo Caccese winery began in the early 1950s when his father, the engineer Francesco Caccese who at the time was the prefect’s commissioner at Villa Russiz, entered the world of viticulture and fell in love with it to such an extent that in 1954 he bought two and a half hectares of vineyards in the hills of Pradis in the province of Cormons, in the heart of the current Collio DOC...keep reading