AZIENDA AGRICOLA CONTE LOREDAN GASPARINI - VENEGAZZU' (Treviso)
introduces the wine
CAPO DI STATO I.G.T. COLLI TREVIGIANI 1998.
A wine that has become legend. Created purposely from the Conte Loredan Gasparini for the official events of the city of Venice, risen to role of fine protagonist from its first apparitions. It was appreciated all over the world, also from the President of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle. From always, we remember it, the wine and the art have represented one indissolubile union. The Head of State contains in himself the essence of this philosophy and the famous painter Tono Zancanaro (1906-1985) has dedicated two labels to this wine .

The Capo di Stato derives from Bordeaux blending directly drawn the most valuable grapes of the vineyards "Le Cento Piante" and "Falconera". These grapes with equilibrium and depths, express the indissolubile tie between vines and territory, base of the philosophy of this Company. To the taster it is introduced with an impenetrable red one steal with decided reflex tending to the blue. Extremely wide its range of scents in which the male spirit, given from the fragrance of the leather, the humus and moss of underbrush, and the bitter chocolate, flirts with that feminine one, represented from the feelings yielded of mature blueberry and dry plums. Voluptuous wine, with silk weft, that still wraps the palate in the longest end giving like leave charming chocolate notes. Shocking if aged.

It comes from grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Cabernet Franc 20%, Merlot 10%, Malbech 5% cultivated in the vineyards situated in Venegazzù, m. 105 on the sea, in a "red" land typical of the Montello, rich of mineral members strongly characterizing. The vines have one medium age of 26 years, with one density of 3.000 stocks for hectare. The grape harvest happens to beginning October, with one rendered of 58 q./ha., the hard fermentation 10 - 20 days of which 15 to contact with the peels; refined for 24 months in oak barrels before bottling.

Azienda Agricola CONTE LOREDAN GASPARINI Via Martignago Alto 24 31040 VENEGAZZU' DEL MONTELLO (TV) Tel. 0423 870024 - Fax 0423 620898 - www - e-mail

In Venegazzù di Volpago del Montello, in the heart of Marca Trevigiana extend 80 hectares of the Azienda Agricola Conte Loredan Gasparini vineyards. Founded in the Fifties by Count Piero Loredan, direct descendant of the Doge of Venice Leonardo Loredan, in 1973 the business passed under the property and direction of the present titular Mr. Giancarlo Palla. From its beginnings the founder planted in the company's tenements vines such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, merlot, Malbech, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in order to produce decidedly interesting and highly esteemed quality wines, some of which reflect the classical wine making techniques of the Bordeux region. It was therefore determined the present ageing cellars, now modernised and integrated with new French oak barriques and Slavonic oak barrels, in addition to the traditional 35 and 50. Today the wine cellar fully accommodates 2,500 hl. Of barrel ageing wine. In addition to this is an underground cellar measuring about 1,500 square metres, specifically designed for the ageing in bottle of a considerable production of Classic Method.