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Villa Calicantus

Bardolino · Verona (VR)
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Established
1860
Delaini family (estate revived 2011 by Daniele Delaini)
Yearly production
Estate
Location
Bardolino, Verona (VR), Veneto
Verona (VR)
Vineyard area
8 ha
Bardolino (Calmasino), Lake Garda

Appellations

Bardolino DOCBardolino Superiore DOCG

History

The estate was founded in 1860 by Daniele Delaini's great-grandfather and became one of Bardolino's larger producers; his grandfather built the Calmasino cellar in 1923.

After the grandfather's death in the early 1970s the family left winegrowing and the villa was abandoned.

Daniele, after banking and wine trade in Paris, inherited the estate from an aunt and revived it in 2011, naming it for her favourite plant, the calicantus, and returning to natural farming.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Choro Bardolino
Bardolino DOC · Corvina, Rondinella
Natural Bardolino, the estate signature.
Soraghe Bardolino
Bardolino DOC · Corvina
Site-driven Bardolino.
Bardolino Superiore
Bardolino Superiore DOCG · Corvina, Rondinella
Structured Bardolino.
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