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La Montecchia estate is primarily concerned with viticulture, an activity
established here since the Middle Ages.
The present owner, count Umberto Emo Capodilista, started renovating the
vineyards and the cellars at the beginning of the '90ies, making his son
Giordano Emo Capodilista responsible for the managment of the estate,
assisted by the oeunologist Andrea Boaretti and the agronomist Patrizio
Gasparinetti.
Prizes
and recognition from the most notable wine critics like Robert Parker,
Luca Maroni, "Gambero Rosso" and Luigi Veronelli have encouraged
Giordano Emo to continue in this manner. Some two thirds of production
are exported abroad.
Petrarch himself appreciated the local vintage, making his home at Arquà
at the southern foot of the Euganean Hills. Black grapes predominate on
these 50 acres: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere
and Raboso, a local vine variety that is picked late, are all cultivated
here. Merlot and Cabernet have been grown in La Montecchia since Napoleon
I's day and are justifiably regarded as local vines.
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