The love for quality wines,
a tradition to be passed
on from father to child.

Wines from the Valpolicella
Classic Area

100 YEARS

of history and love for wine.

HISTORY

 

A century-long history, a family of sharecroppers and a simple insight: setting up a cellar. It was 1914 when Ernesto Zardini decided to add to sharecropping the production of wine to be sold to osterie (taverns) around Verona. A typical history for Valpolicella, closely connected to its land and the families living on it. Still today, the Zardinis, called Carli da Maràn, are one of the most popular families in the area, tied to the community by an age-old bond, deeply rooted in the wine-growing and farming tradition. It was 1965 when the family moved a few kilometres uphill, to the small town of Pezza, and purchased the vineyards “a marogne”, the typical dry-stone walls that make up the terraces on the slopes. The location - on the hillside in the centre of the district - has not changed since then.

WHO WE ARE

 

It was 1996 when Maurizio Zardini, with the precious help of his wife Loretta, started managing the cellar with a clear objective in mind: building up a future, generation after generation, in the heart of the wine world, in the rich land of Valpolicella, based on a strong experience in producing the typical wines of the area: Valpolicella superiore, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto. The cellar, once producing for third parties in Italy, evolved into a label. The tradition was passed on to the children Mattia and Marta, and so was the passion for one’s work, and the love for wine.

THE LAND

 

In the heart of the Valpolicella area, along the Lessinia foothills, it is not unusual to come across widespread vineyards warming their leaves in the sun, with a rose bush near each row. The culture of wine has developed in this large garden surrounded by hills, a tradition made up of knowledge and the love for the land which has provided some unique wines, which today stand for excellence all over the world. This is the valley where Amarone and Ripasso come from, mentioned by no other than Catullus in 49 b.C. and in which wine, during the Middle Ages, was considered as money.

THE VINEYARDS

 

The cellar is located on a low hill in a small district in the Valpolicella, a stone's throw from the medieval little church of S. Maria Valverde. The vineyards, located at a 350-metre height and taken care of as if they were small gardens, grow on the typical local terraces called marogne, owing their name to the dry-stone walls that outline the slopes of the Valpolicella. This old and complex construction technique allows the grapevines to enjoy dry land, and prevents roots from being damaged by cold weather or extreme humidity. The 10-hectare-wide vineyards of Corte Zardini cover most terraces on the area, are farmed using the traditional pruning techniques (Veronese pergola) and the grapes are harvested exclusively by hand

THE WINES

 




WHERE WE ARE

Via Val Verde 1, Località Pezza
37020 Marano di Valpolicella | Verona | Italy
Tel: 045 775 53 04
E-mail: info@cortezardini.it

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